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What is the advantage of the all-poly tibial component over the metal-backed tibial component?

April 26, 2017advantage component metal-backed tibial

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What is the advantage of the all-poly tibial component over the metal-backed tibial component?

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The all-poly tibial component allows a thicker polyethylene component to be implanted for a given minimal tibial resection height. Clinical studies published over recent years have generally shown that a minimum polyethylene thickness of 8 mm is desirable.