Rong GX, Huang L, Gui BJ, Xu AM, Zhang JL, Wang SS. Female-specific vs conventional knee prostheses after total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis. World J Meta-Anal 2014; 2(4): 221-227 [DOI: 10.13105/wjma.v2.i4.221]
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Lei Huang, MD, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China. huangleizhenting@126.com
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Orthopedics
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Meta-Analysis
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World J Meta-Anal. Nov 26, 2014; 2(4): 221-227 Published online Nov 26, 2014. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v2.i4.221
Female-specific vs conventional knee prostheses after total knee arthroplasty: A meta-analysis
Gen-Xiang Rong, Lei Huang, Bin-Jie Gui, A-Man Xu, Jing-Ling Zhang, Si-Sheng Wang
Gen-Xiang Rong, Bin-Jie Gui, Jing-Ling Zhang, Si-Sheng Wang, Department of Orthopedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China
Lei Huang, A-Man Xu, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China
Author contributions: Rong GX conceived and designed the review, conducted the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript; Huang L, Gui BJ and Xu AM critically revised the manuscript and approved the final version of the manuscript submitted for publication; Zhang JL and Wang SS identified and acquired reports of trials and analyzed the data.
Correspondence to: Lei Huang, MD, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei 230022, Anhui Province, China. huangleizhenting@126.com
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Received: July 20, 2014 Revised: October 23, 2014 Accepted: October 28, 2014 Published online: November 26, 2014 Processing time: 134 Days and 14.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: In this meta-analysis, we systematically reviewed the literature and evaluated the clinical efficacy of female-specific vs conventional prostheses after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We found that although the overhang rate is lower with female-specific prostheses and range of motion in the female-specific prostheses group tended to be greater than the conventional prostheses group, the current evidence does not support that female-specific prostheses are superior to conventional ones after TKA with all other parameters, including Knee Society score, Hospital for Special Surgery scores and complications including deep infection, manipulation under anesthesia, revisions, anterior knee pain and deep vein thrombosis comparable between the two treatments.
