GRAPEVINE, Texas — Patients with a thin native patella who underwent patellar resurfacing during primary total knee arthroplasty had 98% survivorship free of patellar revision at median 10-year follow-up, according to a presenter.
At the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting, here, Jacob M. Wilson, MD, presented results of a study he and his colleagues at the Mayo Clinic conducted to determine whether resurfacing a thin patella is a safe practice during primary TKA. The rationale for the study was the fact inadequate native patella thickness has been cited as a