title: Surgical management of gonarthrosis in patients with poliomyelitis.
abstract: The authors reviewed nine cases of degenerative disease of the knee in patients with a history of poliomyelitis. All patients were treated with a cemented total knee arthroplasty. The average follow-up period was 6.8 years (range, 6 months to 13 years), and the average follow-up knee score using the Hospital for Special Surgery rating scale was 70. Three of the patients required revision total knee arthroplasty to a more constrained implant. Pain relief was predictably very good and knee stability was initially improved. However, many of the patients suffered a decline in ambulatory ability with time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Insall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation