DOI: 10.1055/s-00000161

The Journal of Knee Surgery

Issue 03 · Volume 39 · February 2026 DOI: 10.1055/s-016-62913

Original Article

  • 119
    Maldonado, David R.; Jones, Hugh L.; Gattu, Nikhil; Dao, Christopher; Oliver, Elizabeth A.; Schroder, Steven J.; Doherty, David; Rodriguez-Quintana, David; Noble, Philip C.; Mathis, Kenneth B.:

    When During Total Knee Arthroplasty Is the Risk of Bacterial Contamination the Greatest? A Prospective Study

  • 123
    Gurbuz, Serhat; Karslioglu, Bulent; Keskin, Ahmet; Igde, Niyazi; Ayaz, Mustafa Bugra; Imren, Yunus:

    Comparative Efficacy of ChatGPT and Gemini in Addressing Patient Queries on Gonarthrosis and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • 127
    Terauchi, Masanori; Hatayama, Kazuhisa; Saito, Kenichi:

    Step-Off Between the Lateral Femoral Condyle and the Lateral Tibial Plateau: Association with Degenerative Lateral Meniscal Tears and Lateral Osteoarthritis of the Knee

  • 133
    Zhang, Tao; Li, Wenwen; Wu, Dan; Ying, Jinghe; Chen, Jianlong; Rastogi, Sanjay:

    Comparative Analysis of Implant Survival and Clinical Efficacy between Medial and Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  • 145
    Farey, John E.; Chew, Jordan; Wood, Jil A.; Chen, Darren B.; Macdessi, Samuel J.:

    Does Femoral Component Rotation Matter in Functionally Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty? The Effect of Deviations From the Transepicondylar Axis on Patient-Reported Outcomes at 1 Year

  • 151
    Franco, Domenico; Leite, Chilan B. G.; Schmidt, Sebastian; Di Stefano, Marco T.; Sherman, Nathan; Protzuk, Omar; Jacobs, Cale; Lattermann, Christian:

    The Infrapatellar Fat Pad Fibrosis Degree Does Not Influence Postoperative Pain 6 Months Following Patellofemoral Arthroplasty

  • 158
    Jevnikar, Benjamin E.; Elmenawi, Khaled A.; Jin, Yuxuan; Khan, Shujaa T.; Cleveland Clinic Adult Reconstruction Research (CCARR); Piuzzi, Nicolas S.:

    Comparable PROM Gains and Satisfaction After TKA in Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare: A Multivariable Analysis of 6,010 Patients

  • 166
    Rucinski, Kylee; Stoker, Aaron M.; Stannard, James P.; Nuelle, Clayton W.; Kramer, Jacob S.; Lehenbauer, Corder E.; Cook, James L.:

    Effects of Osteochondral Allograft Reaming Protocols on Donor Chondrocyte Viability Prior to Transplantation