Gender Solutions® Patello-Femoral Joint System ZIMMER BIOMET Your progress. Our promise?

Increased Trochlear Groove Angle “This enhanced tracking angle has proven particularly useful in female patients, who account for approximately twothirds of PFA recipients and who often have an increased Q-angle, dysplasia and patellar subluxation preoperatively…”8 The Gender Solutions PFJ System is designed to provide implants to address the anatomical differences among men and women with a reproducible instrumentation platform, aiming to simplify patello-femoral artrhoplasty (PFA). PFA shares many benefits with PKA such as bone preservation,1 natural motion,1 shorter hospital stay,2 and fewer...

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