The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 274-281 , February 2011

Are Current Total Knee Arthroplasty Implants Designed to Restore Normal Trochlear Groove Anatomy?

  • Kartik M. Varadarajan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bioengineering Laboratory, Orthopedic Surgery, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint request: Guoan Li, PhD, Bioengineering Laboratory, MGH/Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit St., GRJ 1215, Boston, MA 02114.
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  • Harry E. Rubash, MD

      Affiliations

    • Bioengineering Laboratory, Orthopedic Surgery, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Guoan Li, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Bioengineering Laboratory, Orthopedic Surgery, MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.12.009

The Journal of Arthroplasty
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 274-281 , February 2011

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