Prospective randomized trial to compare postoperative results concerning anterior knee pain after total knee arthroplasty with or without augmented reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament (mpfl)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- M17.1Other primary gonarthrosis
- Registration Number
- DRKS00004513
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinikum RegensburgAbteilung Orthopädie im Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 78
Inclusion Criteria
Every patient with primary gonarthrosis planned for standard total knee arthroplasty and willing to participate
Exclusion Criteria
age older than 85 years,
age younger than 18 years,
severe secondary gonarthrosis,
severe varus or valgus deformities (> 15°),
knee instability (> I.°),
patients with malignant tumours,
BMI > 40,
patients not willing to participate,
patients participating in another study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method patellar tilt (Laurin et al.) or patellar shift (Merchant et al.) on x-rays of the knee 1 year postoperative
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method