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Mini-midvastus Total Knee Arthroplasty

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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is now considered a gold-standard treatment of advanced arthritis of the knee.1–4 The early convalescence with standard surgical techniques however is longer than that of total hip arthroplasty, with significant pain and disability from the surgical insult delaying functional recovery. The traditional surgical approach for exposure in knee replacement remains the median parapatellar (MPP) approach. This was initially described by von Langenbeck in 1874 and then popularized by Insall in 1971.5 Although this approach is the only true extensile approach, it incises the quadriceps tendon, which may delay functional recovery.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, NY, USA

    Steven B. Haas, Samuel J. Macdessi & Mary Ann Manitta

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  1. Insall Scott Kelly Institute, East 64th St. 210, New York, 10021, U.S.A.

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  2. Orthopaedic Center of New Jersey, Route 27 1527, Somerset, 08873, U.S.A.

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Haas, S.B., Macdessi, S.J., Manitta, M.A. (2010). Mini-midvastus Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Scuderi, G., Tria, A. (eds) Minimally Invasive Surgery in Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76608-9_33

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