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Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Fig. 3 | Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Fig. 3

From: No patella resurfacing total knee arthroplasty leads to reduction in the thickness of patellar cartilage to less than half within 5 years: a quantitative longitudinal evaluation using MRI

Fig. 3

The patient underwent conversion to patellar resurfacing after non-patellar resurfacing TKA. A MRI before surgery (B) MRI after non-patella resurfacing TKA; the patella thickness is decreased compared to the thickness before TKA (C) Intraoperative view of the patellar cartilage reveals excessive articular cartilage wear of the patella in patients undergoing non-patella resurfacing total knee arthroplasty. TKA, total knee arthroplasty; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging

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