Resurfacing

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Arthrosurface

resurfacing implants

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✐ Patient Testimonial link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKX8DHoBMxQ

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Resurfacing is replacing a part of the joint with a metal or metal/plastic implant.

Resurfacing generally implies less bone loss than a partial knee replacement but - especially when talking about the contact surfaces between patella and femur - sometimes they may mean the same thing. So, for example, in a partial knee replacement of the patellofemoral joint, the back of the patella is resurfaced and the groove of the trochlea of the femur is resurfaced. The rest of the knee remains intact.

unicompartmental knee replacement trochlear implant
Synonyms: 
Patellar replacement
Patellofemoral replacement
Joint resurfacing
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Related Content

What are the alternatives to a joint replacement?

Discussion looking at the alternatives to a joint replacement in active patients whose osteoarthritis tends to be limited.

2017 - A Comparison of the Outcomes for Cartilage Defects of the Knee Treated With Biologic Resurfacing Versus Focal Metallic Implants.

An interpretation of a published journal article from 2017.

Patellofemoral resurfacing

A form of partial knee replacement.

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CLINICAL PUBLICATIONS

Prospective evaluation of anatomic patellofemoral inlay resurfacing: clinical, radiographic, and sports-related results after 24 months. Imhoff AB, Feucht MJ, Meidinger G, Schöttle PB, Cotic M. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2015 May;23(5):1299-307

A matched-pair comparison of inlay and onlay trochlear designs for patellofemoral arthroplasty: no differences in clinical outcome but less progression of osteoarthritis with inlay designs. Feucht MJ, Cotic M, Beitzel K, Baldini JF, Meidinger G, Schöttle PB, Imhoff AB. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Sep;25(9):2784-2791

Early results of patellofemoral inlay resurfacing arthroplasty using the HemiCap Wave prosthesis. Patel A, Haider Z, Anand A, Spicer D. J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong). 2017 Jan;25(1)

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