Infrapatellar Fat Pad Preservation versus Resection in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Resection of abnormal IPFP and preservation of normal IPFP did not improve postoperative outcomes 12 months after TKA. (Funded by National Key Research & Development Program of China, Clinical Research Startup Program of Southern Medical University, and National Natural Science Foundation of China; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03763448.).
Authors
- J W Liu
- Huantian Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5834-6253)
- Minglong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-486X)
- P. Cao
- Chao Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7724-0385)
- Yanqi Liu
- D. Hunter
- Mei Lü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3313-6428)
- Ying Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-9656)
- Xifu Shang
- Z. F. Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8927-4099)
- Xuelian Liu
- Peichun Gao
- Han Cen
- Zhengang Zha
- Weiyu Han
- Zhiyan Dou
- Zongsheng Yin
- Guanghua Lei
- Lijun Lin
- Changhai Ding
- Jianhao Lin
- Yusheng Li
- Xiaoni Zhou
- Mengdi Zhang
- Yan Ke
- Zhaohua Zhu
- Bing Li
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- Central South University (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (AU)
- Zhujiang Hospital (CN)
- Dongguan People’s Hospital (CN)
- Peking University People's Hospital (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Baise University (CN)
- Tianjin Hospital (CN)
- Beijing Tsinghua Chang Gung Hospital (CN)
- Xiangya Hospital Central South University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- NEJM Evidence
- Published
- 2026-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/evidoa2500135
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.15