- Deciding factors ARE Obesity, Chondromalacia, Patellofemoral degeneration,Anterior knee pain
- No significant differences : Resurfacing Vs Nonresurfacing
- Outerbridge Classification: Grading system for joint cartilage breakdown
- 21.5 times greater risk of the need for subsequent patellar resurfacing in patients with Outerbridge grade IV
- No evidence was found to suggest that either patellar resurfacing or the prosthetic design affects the clinical outcome of a total knee arthroplasty
- Anterior knee pain—and its relationship to patellar resurfacing—continues to be a perplexing clinical problem following TKA
