title: Use of a total condylar knee prosthesis for treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Long-term results.
abstract: Between May 1975 and December 1979, 113 patients had 153 arthroplasties using a total condylar knee prosthesis. Thirty patients (forty-two knees) died, and one (two knees) was lost to follow-up. Thirty-eight of these forty-four knees had been followed for more than two years, and none had had a revision. The remaining eighty-two patients (109 knees) were followed for an average of nine years (range, seven to 11.5 years). At the time of the latest examination, ten had had a revision for various reasons. For the ninety-nine knees that had the original prosthesis, the findings were compared with those of an evaluation that had been done four years postoperatively. The average over-all knee score was found to have decreased between the four-year and the latest follow-up evaluation, primarily because of a 7-point decrease in the score for function. The rate of infection was 0.6 per cent. The knees that had had patellar resurfacing had better over-all scores and better scores for pain than those that had not. This was particularly true in the patients who had osteoarthritis. The results of arthroplasty using a total condylar prosthesis appeared to be consistent and durable. Although there was a decrease in the quality of the functional result with increasing age, the patients reported consistent relief of pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Figgie
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Figgie
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Heiple
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sobel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; 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 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation