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	Satisfaction with TKA varies by patient demographics Among patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA), black patients were three times more likely to be dissatisfied with their procedure, and patients with less severe degenerative changes intraoperatively were 2.1 times more likely to be dissatisfied, according to study results. Read more
	Routine target for posterior tibial slope recreates slope in patients undergoing UKA When attempting to recreate the preoperative tibial slope in patients undergoing medial or lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), researchers found a routine target of 5° to 7° will produce a posterior slope less than the patient’s native anatomy in 47% of patients. Read more
	Strengths, weaknesses of axis options should be weighed for TKA Although Whiteside’s Line approximated the transepicondylar axis well among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA), the posterior condylar axis demonstrated a lower variability and lower likelihood of being internally rotated compared with the transepicondylar axis, according to study results. Read more