Total Knee Replacement Journal Articles

• NEW! Reoperations are few and confined to the most valgus phenotypes 4 years after unrestricted calipered kinematically aligned TKA
• NEW! Messschablonentechnik des kinematischen Alignments
• NEW! A cruciate‑retaining implant can treat both knees of most windswept deformities when performed with calipered kinematically aligned TKA
• NEW! Differences in Trochlear Morphology from Native Using a Femoral Component Interfaced with an Anatomical Patellar Prosthesis in Kinematic Alignment and Mechanical Alignment
• NEW! Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Instrument
• NEW! A Best-Fit of an Anatomic Tibial Baseplate Closely Parallels the Flexion-Extension Plane and Covers a High Percentage of the Proximal Tibia
• NEW! Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Calipered Measurements, Manual Instruments, and Verification Checks
• NEW! Reorienting the tibial baseplate improves the registration accuracy of model-based radiostereometric analysis
• NEW! Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization
• NEW! Does the condylar lift-off method or the separation method better detect loss of contact between tibial and femoral implants based on analysis of single-plane radiographs following total knee arthroplasty?
• NEW! Repeatability, reproducibility, and agreement of three computational methods to approximate the functional flexion-extension axis of the tibiofemoral joint using 3D bone models of the femur
• NEW! Deviations in femoral joint lines using calipered kinematically aligned TKA from virtually planned joint lines are small and do not affect clinical outcomes
• NEW! Personalized Hip and Knee Joint Replacement
• NEW! Analysis of Differences in Laxities and Neutral Positions From Native After Kinematically Aligned TKA Using Cruciate Retaining Implants
• NEW! Analysis of Differences in Laxities and Neutral Positions From Native After Kinematically Aligned TKA Using Cruciate Retaining Implants
• Calipered Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Accurate Technique That Improves Patient Outcomes and Implant Survival
• Outcomes in Patients with a Calipered Kinematically Aligned TKA That Already Had a Contralateral Mechanically Aligned TKA
• Is There a Force Target That Predicts Early Patient-reported Outcomes After Kinematically Aligned TKA
• Small differences in tibial contact locations following kinematically aligned TKA from the native contralateral knee
• Kinematically aligned TKA restores physiological patellofemoral biomechanics in the sagittal plane during a deep knee bend

• Revision of a Medial UKA to a Kinematic Aligned TKA: Comparison of Operative Complexity, Postoperative Alignment, and Outcome Scores to a Primary TKA.

• Alignment in TKA: what has been clear is not anymore!

• Analysis of differences in laxities and neutral positions from native after kinematically aligned TKA using cruciate retaining implants

• Is There a Force Target That Predicts Early Patient-reported Outcomes After Kinematically Aligned TKA? (Clin Orthop Relat Res 2018)

• A Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Stiffer When the Intraoperative Tibial Force Is Greater than the Native Knee. (J Knee Surg 2018)

• Analysis of differences in laxities and neutral positions from native after kinematically aligned TKA using cruciate retaining implants. (J Orthop Res. 2018)

• Kinematic alignment more closely restores the groove location and the sulcus angle of the native trochlea than mechanical alignment: implications for prosthetic design. (Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2018)

• Implant Survival and Function Ten Years After Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty (The Journal of Arthroplasty 2018)

• Does Calipered Kinematically Aligned TKA Restore Native Left to Right Symmetry of the Lower Limb and Improve Function? (The Journal of Arthroplasty 33(2): 398, 2018)

• Does Alignment of the Limb and Tibial Width Determine Relative Narrowing Between Compartments When Planning Mechanically Aligned TKA? (Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 138(1): 91, 2018)

• Is A Shortened Length of Stay and Increased Rate of Discharge to Home Associated with A Low Readmission Rate and Cost-Effectiveness After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty? (Arthroplast Today 4(1): 107, 2018)

• Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Limits High Tibial Forces, Differences in Tibial Forces Between Compartments, and the Abnormal Tibial Contact Kinematics During Passive Flexion. (Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 26(6): 1589, 2018)

• Increases in Tibial Force Imbalance But Not Changes in Tibiofemoral Laxities Are Caused by Varus-Valgus Malalignment of the Femoral Component in Kinematically Aligned TKA. (Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2018)

• Internal-External Malalignment of the Femoral Component in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Increases Tibial Force Imbalance But Does Not Change Laxities of the Tibiofemoral Joint. (Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 26(6): 1618, 2018)

• Do Varus or Valgus Outliers Have Higher Forces in The Medial or Lateral Compartments Than Those Which Are In-Range After A Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (The Bone & Joint Journal 2017)

• Can Kinematic Tibial Templates Assist The Surgeon Locating The Flexion and Extension Plane of the Knee? (The Knee 2017)

• Alignment Options for Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review (Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research 2017)

• Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Limits High Tibial Forces, Differences in Tibial Forces Between Compartments, and Abnormal Tibial Contact Kinematics During Passive Fexion (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery, Arthroscopy (ESSKA) 2017)

• What Mechanisms are Associated with Tibial Component Failure After Kinematically-Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (International Orthopedics 2017)

• What Clinical Characteristics and Radiographic Parameters are Associated with Patellofemoral Instability After Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (International Orthopedics 2017)

• Kinematic Alignment is a Possible Alternative to Mechanical Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2017)

• Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty (Insall & Scott Surgery of the Knee, 2-Volume Set 6th Edition 2017)

• Does a Positioning Rod or a Patient-Specific Guide Result in More Natural Femoral Flexion in the Concept of Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (Archives of Orthopedic Trauma Surgery 2016)

• Simulation of Total Knee Arthroplasty in 5° or 7° Valgus: A Study of Gap Imbalances and Changes in Limb and Knee Alignments From Native? (Journal of Orthopedic Research 2016)

• Changes in the Rotational Axes of the Tibiofemoral Joint Caused by Resection of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (Journal of Orthopedic Research 2016)

• Does Kinematic Alignment and Flexion of a Femoral Component Designed for Mechanical Alignment Reduce the Proximal and Lateral Reach of the Trochlea? (Journal of Arthroplasty 2016)

• What are the Bias, Imprecision, and Limits of Agreement for Finding the Flexion-Extension Plane of the Knee with Five Tibial Reference Lines? (Knee 2016)

• Does Malrotation of the Tibial and Femoral Components Compromise Function in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (Orthopedic Clinics of North America 2016)

• Is a Shortened Length of Stay and Increased Rate of Discharge to Home Associated with a Low Readmission Rate and Cost-Effectiveness after Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty? (Arthroplasty Today 2015)

• Native Knee Laxities at 0°, 45°, and 90° of Flexion and Their Relationship to the Goal of the Gap-Balancing Alignment Method of Total Knee Arthroplasty? (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2015)

• The Limits of Passive Motion Are Variable Between and Unrelated Within Normal Tibiofemoral Joints (Journal of Orthopaedic Research 2015)

• Does Varus Alignment Adversely Affect Implant Survival and Function Six Years after Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (International Orthopedics 2015)

• How Frequently Do Four Methods for Mechanically Aligning a Total Knee Arthroplasty Cause Collateral Ligament Imbalance and Change Alignment from Normal in White Patients? (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2014)

• Femoral Bone and Cartilage Wear is Predictable at 0° and 90° in the Osteoarthritic Knee Treated with Total Knee Arthroplasty (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2014)

• Kinematic Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Definition, History, Principle, Surgical Technique, and Results of an Alignment Option for TKA. (Arthropedia 2014)

• Total Knee Arthroplasty with Patient-Specific Instruments Improves Function and Restores Limb Alignment in Patients with Extra-Articular Deformity (Knee 2013)

• How Frequent Is Rotational Mismatch Within 0±10 Degrees in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? (Orthopedics 2013)

• The ACL in the Arthritic Knee: How Often is it Present and Can Preoperative Tests Predict its Presence? (Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research 2013)

• Accurate Alignment and High Function After Kinematically Aligned TKA Performed with Generic Instruments (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2013)

• Are Undesirable Contact Kinematics Minimized After Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? An Intersurgeon Analysis of Consecutive Patients (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2012)

• Does A Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Restore Function Without Failure Regardless of Alignment Category? (Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research 2012)

• Variability of the Location of the Tibial Tubercle Affects the Rotational Alignment of the Tibial Component in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2012)

• Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty With MRI-based Cutting Guides (Chapter 15 in Improving Accuracy in Knee Replacement by Emmanual Thienpont, publishded Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2012)

• Concepts Concerning Rotational Alignment of the Tibial Component in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty (Variability in the Location of the Tibial Tubercle Affects the Rotational Alignment of the Tibial Component in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty – Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2012)

• Kinematic Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty (Chapter 121 in Surgery of the Knee by Insall, Scott, published by Elsevier 2011)

• Kinematic Versus Mechanical Alignment: What is the Difference (Commentary in Orthopedics Today Oct 2010)

• Restoring Extension in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty – An In Vivo Study of the Effect of Distal Femoral Resection on Passive Knee Extension (Journal of Arthroplasty Oct 2010)

• Femur’s Role in Total Knee Replacement Kinematics – Radii of Femoral Condyles in Varus and Valgus Knees with Osteoarthritis (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Jan 2010)

• Femur’s Role in Total Knee Replacement Kinematics – Howell Response to Letter to Editor (Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery April 2010)

• Return to Activities After Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Replacement – Quantifying Patient Expectations and Early Recovery (Orthopedics Dec 2009)

• Contact Kinematics in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Replacement – In Vivo Adduction & Reverse Axial Rotation (Orthopedics May 2009)

• Limb Alignment in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Replacement – Longitudinal Shapes of the Tibia and Femur are Unrelated and Variable (Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research 2009)

• Clinical Results of Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Replacement – Results of an Initial Experience (Orthopedics September 2008)