Minimally invasive quadriceps sparing total knee replacement preserving the posterior cruciate ligament

Abstract

Minimally invasive has been used to describe a wide spectrum of knee replacement procedures. This spectrum starts with a small skin incision with a standard incision into the capsular and the quadriceps muscle and includes patellar eversion. The spectrum currently ends with a small skin incision with a minimal capsular incision without quadriceps muscle violation and no patellar eversion. This is currently called the quadriceps-sparing or capsular-only approach.