Intraoperative morphometric study of distal femur in Brazilian patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.
Fabrício Bolpato LouresRogério Franco de Araújo GóesEduardo Branco de SousaNaasson CavanellasJoão Maurício BarrettoMarcel Jun Sugawara TamaokiRodrigo Sattaminni Pires E AlbuquerquePedro José LabroniciPublished in: PloS one (2020)
The shape of the distal femur in patients with osteoarthritis shows great interpersonal variability, with men showing significantly higher values than women. A total of 25 different implant sizes would be necessary to adequately meet the variations observed in our study population.