Masood Umer, Yasir J Sepah, Muhammad A Rehman.
Primary total knee replacement.
J Pak Orthop Assoc Jan ;20(2):130-40.

Over the past two decades total knee replacement (TKR) has become one of the most successful and cost effective treatment for alleviating knee pain and restoration of physical activity particularly in patients who do not respond to medical therapies. Variations in patient’s health status at the time of surgery, type of prosthesis and training of the orthopedic surgeon affects the overall outcome of the procedure. Further improvements in design are required in order to improve the functional outcome of the procedure. As more and more patients are undergoing this complex procedure in Pakistan, the technical details need to be highlighted for young surgeons and our postgraduate students. This article describes the surgical procedure of primary total knee replacement

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