Special Considerations for TKA in Asian Patients: Editorial Comment

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Despite the generally successful results of contemporary TKA, many patients remain unsatisfied with the performance of their replaced knees. This may be even more true among Asian patients, since cultural characteristics such as a floor-based lifestyle call for frequent high-flexion activities. Furthermore, if Asian patients undergoing TKA have unique demographic and anatomic features known to influence surgical outcome, these should be taken into consideration at the level of patient selection, prosthesis design, and surgical technique. Considering the rapidly increasing number of TKAs performed in Asian countries, scientific data on Asian patients undergoing TKA will prove more important in the coming years. …