The Journal of Arthroplasty, PAPER #26| VOLUME 22, ISSUE 2, P306, FEBRUARY 01, 2007

The Effect of Retropatellar Fat Pad Excision on Patellar Tendon Contracture and Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty

John Meding, MD R. Michael Meneghini, MD Jeffery L. Pierson, MD Michael E. Berend, MD Kenneth E. Davis, MD Merril A. Ritter, MD

Knee

The effect of excising the retropatellar fat pad during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been debated and has not been clearly established.