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Case Discussion to Chap. 52: Patellofemoral Pain After Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Replacement

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A 78-year-old woman underwent a left cruciate retaining mobile bearing (Balansys®, Mathys, Bettlach, Switzerland) total knee replacement (TKR) due to end-stage osteoarthritis. After TKR, the patient complained about activity-related anterior and subpatellar knee pain.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Knee Surgery Unit, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), CH-4101, Bruderholz, Switzerland

    Sebastian Christen & Michael T. Hirschmann MD (Asst. Prof. (PD)

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  1. Dept. Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Knee Surgery Unit, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Bruderholz, Switzerland

    Michael T. Hirschmann

  2. Dept. Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hospital Brandenburg, Brandenburg/Havel, Germany

    Roland Becker

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Christen, S., Hirschmann, M.T. (2015). Case Discussion to Chap. 52: Patellofemoral Pain After Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Replacement. In: Hirschmann, M., Becker, R. (eds) The Unhappy Total Knee Replacement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08099-4_62

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