The mini-subvastus approach could offer faster recovery, less pain and shorter hospital stays without compromising the principles of proper prosthesis position and limb alignment compared with the medial parapatellar approach.
Isolated posterior instrumentation without debridement is a suitable treatment for selected patients because of minor surgical trauma, fewer complications, and spontaneous fusion.
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