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A total knee arthroplasty includes a symmetric femoral prosthesis for articulating with a tibial prosthesis in the left or right leg of a patient. The symmetric femoral prosthesis includes an anterior flange having a symmetric and upwardly diverging, generally V-shaped, double Q-angle trochlear groove formed in an anterior side thereof for accommodating natural Q-angle tracking of a natural or prosthetic patella when the symmetric femoral component is surgically implanted in either the left or right leg of a patient. In a preferred form, the double Q-angle trochlear groove is formed with an angle of + or − about 10°, for a total groove angle of about 20°.
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