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The concept of minimizing soft-tissue invasion during the surgical approach to the knee is not new. In fact, the subvastus muscle-sparing approach was originally described in 1929 by Erkes [6]. The proposed advantages of this approach were the reduction of post-operative pain and a more rapid recovery of motion. Over the next 40 years, there were few references to this technique in the American literature [1, 9]. Interest in the subvastus approach has been rekindled over the past decade as surgeons and patients have begun to focus their interests on improving the rate of recovery after knee arthroplasty. An internet search of the literature in 2004 (PubMed medline query) yielded 17 citations concerning the effect of the approach on total knee recovery published since 1991, and 11 of those have been written in the past 4 years.
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Mahoney, O.M. (2004). The Subvastus Approach in Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Hozack, W.J., et al. Minimally Invasive Total Joint Arthroplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59298-0_24
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