Effect of Tobacco Use on Radiolucent Lines in Modern Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty Tibial Components.

However, evaluating intrapatient change in radiolucent line width, the tobacco nonuser group had more radiolucent lines resolve by the latest follow-up in nearly all radiographic zones, although most differences did not reach statistical significance, except for anteroposterior zone 1 (−31% vs −19%, P = .022).

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