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SUBMITTER: Liebensteiner M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6647264 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liebensteiner Michael M Wurm Alexander A Gamper Dennis D Oberaigner Wilhelm W Dammerer Dietmar D Krismer Martin M
International orthopaedics 20181002 8
<h4>Aim of the study</h4>To determine if pre-operative radiologic minimal joint space width (mJSW) is related to the outcome of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) (primary hypothesis). Likewise, the aim was to test if pre-operative mJSW is related to prosthesis survival (secondary hypothesis).<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective comparative analysis was performed. Group 1 was comprised of patients with pre-operative mJSW 0-1 mm. Group 2 were patients with pre-operative mJSW ≥ 2 mm. The clinical outcome wa ...[more]