title: Approaches to senior care #9. Results of total knee arthroplasty in patients 80 years and older.
abstract: Experience with total knee arthroplasty in the extremely elderly population, which has not been previously reported, is reviewed. Sixty-two total knee prostheses were implanted in 43 patients aged 80 to 95 years (average, 82 years). Ninety percent of the patients had a preoperative diagnosis of osteoarthritis. The results were compared with those obtained in a younger reference group (average age, 62 years) receiving 60 total knee prostheses.
authors.affiliation: Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Krackow
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hungerford
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lennox
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Bachner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography