Mobile-bearing

A mobile-bearing knee replacement or arthroplasty is a knee implant where the plastic component (that replaces the meniscus) is mobile.

 

Mobile-bearing knee replacement

The polyethylene tibial insert is designed to facilitate movement of the insert relative to the tibial tray upon which is sits.

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Related Content

2004 - Arthrofibrosis Associated with Total Knee Arthroplasty: Gray-Scale and Power Doppler Sonographic Findings

An 'interpretation' of a 2004 medical publication evaluating the usefulness of sonography in identifying arthrofibrosis as a cause of knee stiffness after knee replacement.

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FORUM DISCUSSIONS

Loose LCL after TKR.

CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS

Mobile bearing and fixed bearing total knee arthroplasty. Capella M, Dolfin M and Saccia F. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Apr; 4(7): 127.

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