Laskin Richard S
Hospital for Special Surgery and the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2005 Nov;440:54-9. doi: 10.1097/01.blo.0000186562.08685.a2.
A mini-midvastus capsular incision was used in a feasibility study of 100 patients having primary total knee arthroplasty. Patients with marked limitation of motion were excluded from the study. Patients were followed up for a minimum of 2 years after surgery. The exposure yielded excellent results clinically and radiographically with restoration of stability and motion. The length of the skin incision varied from 8 to 15 cm with a mean of 10.5 cm. Using the limited exposure did not result in implant malpositioning. The surgical approach was not applicable in patients with a BMI > 40 or in those patients with a severe fixed valgus deformity.
Therapeutic study, Level IV-1 (case series). See the Guidelines for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
