Ligament Preserving Total Knee Replacement

Cruciate Retaining Total Knee Replacement

The posterior cruciate ligament can be retained, or the PCL can be cut. If the PCL is cut there are devices which include a special peg to help the knee function as if the PCL were there.

PCL Retaining Total Knee Replacement Online Resources

Cochrane meta-study of PCL retaining vs PCL sacraficing knees
Study: Functional comparison of posterior cruciate retention and substitution knee replacement.
Study: Cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty at 5 to 7 years followup.
Study:Kinematics of posterior cruciate ligament-retaining and -substituting total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomised outcome study.
Modular fixed-bearing total knee arthroplasty with retention of the posterior cruciate ligament. A study of patients followed for a minimum of fifteen years.
Zimmer NexGen Cruciate Retaining Knee Replacement

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