Small Improvements in Postoperative Outcome with Gap Balancing Technique Compared with Measured Resection in Total Knee Arthroplasty

Table 2: Ligament releases.

-	Extension n=100		Flexion n=100
-	ExtensionMR Group	ExtensionGB Group	ExtensionMR Group	ExtensionGB Group
Osteophyte resection only	71	60	100	64
Superficial medial collateral ligament	21	38	0	34
Posterior capsule	8	2	0	2
p-value	0.008		< 0.001

Abbreviations: MR = measured resection, GB = gap balancing