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Surgical Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty

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The evolution of the surgical technique was a fortuitous observation by a master surgeon with a keen sense of awareness. What some may have thought was a complication has developed into a procedure that in our experience does no harm, and greatly improves the surgical exposure in knee surgery for the stiff, ankylosed joint, and revision knee surgery.

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  1. Kevin L. Garvin
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  1. Insall Scott Kelly Institute, 170 East End Avenue, New York, NY, 10128, USA

    Giles R. Scuderi M.D.

  2. Orthopaeidc Center of New Jersey, 1527 State Highway 27, Suite 1300, Somerset, NJ, 08873, USA

    Alfred J. Tria Jr. M.D.

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Garvin, K.L. (2002). Quadriceps Snip. In: Scuderi, G.R., Tria, A.J. (eds) Surgical Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21714-2_19

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