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The patient was brought into the operating room and placed in a supine position. General endotracheal anesthesia was performed by the anesthesia team. The patient was given prophylactic antibiotics, a Foley was inserted, and the tourniquet was applied. All extremities were well padded. The leg was prepped and draped for surgery. The tourniquet was in fl ated to 350 mmHg. A slightly oblique median parapatellar 10 cm skin incision was carried out starting at the superior pole of the patella to end at the center of the tibial tubercle.
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Saghieh, S. (2013). Mini-Invasive Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Saghieh, S., Weinstein, S., Hoballah, J. (eds) Operative Dictations in Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7479-1_50
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