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Colin Hunsley

David Wycliffe Murray

John Joseph O'Connor

John William Goodfellow

Chris Alexander Dodd

The invention concerns a tibial prosthetic component comprising a plate () for forming a tibial plateau of a tibia (), wherein a peripheral region of the plate () has a thickness of less than 3 mm. The invention also concerns a tibial prosthetic component having a keel of depth less than 9 mm. The invention also concerns a method of selecting a tibial prosthetic component comprising receiving measurements of at least one physical attribute of an individual into whom the tibial prosthetic component is to be implanted, selecting a thickness of a plate () and depth of keel of the tibial prosthetic component based on the measurements and providing a tibial prosthetic component comprising a plate () having the selected thickness and a keel having the selected depth. The invention may also comprise implanting a tibial prosthetic component selected in accordance with this method into an individual and a kit comprising a plurality of prosthetic components comprising plates having different thicknesses with keels of different depths.

Tibial prosthetic component for a partial or unicondylar bearing knee replacement, method of selecting such a tibial prosthetic component, method of implanting such a tibial prosthetic component and a kit for a surgeon

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