Document Detail


Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Clinical experience at 6- to 10-year followup.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10546598     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sixty-two consecutive cemented modular unicompartmental knee arthroplasties in 51 patients were studied prospectively. At surgery, the other compartments had at most Grade 2 chondromalacia. The average age of the patients at arthroplasty was 68 years (range, 51-84 years). One patient was lost to followup and 10 died with less than 6 years followup. The average followup of the remaining 51 knees was 7.5 years (range, 6-10 years). The preoperative Hospital for Special Surgery knee score of 55 points (range, 30-79 points) improved to 92 points (range, 60-100 points) at followup; 78% (40 knees) had excellent and 20% (10 knees) had good results. The mean range of motion at followup was 120 degrees with 26 knees (51%) having range of motion greater than 120 degrees. One patient underwent revision surgery for retained cement, one patient underwent knee manipulation, and one patient underwent revision surgery at 7 years for opposite compartment degeneration and pain. Radiographically, 26 knees (51%) had at least one partial radiolucency. There were no complete femoral radiolucencies, but there were three complete tibial radiolucencies, all less than 2 mm. No component was loose as seen on radiographs. At final followup, five of the opposite compartments (10%) and three of the patellofemoral joints (6%) had some progressive radiographic joint space loss; this was less than a 25% loss in all but one knee component that was revised. At 6- to 10-years followup, cemented unicompartmental knee arthroplasty yielded excellent clinical and radiographic results. The 10-year survival using radiographic loosening or revision as the end point was 98%. Using stringent selection criteria, unicompartmental knee replacement can yield excellent results and represents a superb alternative to total knee replacement.
Authors:
R A Berger; D D Nedeff; R M Barden; M M Sheinkop; J J Jacobs; A G Rosenberg; J O Galante
Related Documents :
15701608 - Mini-open medial reefing and arthroscopic lateral release for the treatment of recurren...
8749758 - Miller-galante unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at 2- to 5-year follow-up evaluations.
18758748 - Risk of osteonecrosis of the femoral condyle after arthroscopic chondroplasty using rad...
18358378 - Results of total hip and total knee arthroplasties in patients with synovial chondromat...
19593148 - A comparison of the laryngopharyngeal examination blade and the english macintosh laryn...
6748828 - Mastoidectomy for acquired cholesteatoma: follow-up to 20 years.
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical orthopaedics and related research     Volume:  -     ISSN:  0009-921X     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res.     Publication Date:  1999 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-11-18     Completed Date:  1999-11-18     Revised Date:  2005-03-03    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0075674     Medline TA:  Clin Orthop Relat Res     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  50-60     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
Cementation
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Knee Joint / physiology,  radiography
Knee Prosthesis*
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Prosthesis Failure
Range of Motion, Articular
Reoperation
Survival Analysis

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Total knee replacement in patients older than 85 years.
Next Document:  Unicompartmental knee replacement. A minimum 15 year followup study.