Early functional outcome after subvastus or parapatellar approach in knee arthroplasty is comparable: A performance-based trial with anatomical findings

摘要

With much intexest we have read the letter to the editor by Maffulli et al. in relation to our study [4]. We must compliment the authors to have studied this paper that well; however, they have missed the intention of the study. The authors question why a short-term trial has been conducted, while literature suggests that long-term trails are needed [3]. The authors kindly reference to this review while our study protocol already had been accepted. We deliberately studied differences the first 6 months of recovery, as already introduced in the title. When designing and conducting the trial, the best-available evidence did not produce conclusions about the first stages after knee replacement in this matter.