Is Popliteus Tendon a Redundant Structure in Total Knee Arthroplasty?

The incidence of iatrogenic popliteus tendon injury is higher than what we expected. The tendon injury remains a risk, but it is unclear how the popliteus tendon injury will affect patients after the TKA. In our series, such an injury during knee replacement does not affect the functioning of the knee in the short term; however, a long-term follow-up is warranted.