title: Complications of Variable Axis total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: Three hundred seventy-six patients were treated by a Variable Axis total knee arthroplasty between 1974 and 1980 and were reviewed for mechanical and orthopedic complications of their surgery. Sixty-five patients had significant complications. Twenty-eight (7.4%) patients developed significant problems with their patellae, 13 (3.4%) patients required reoperation for patellar realignment, and four (1.0%) patients had a patellar resurfacing for retropatellar pain. Two (0.5%) cases of aseptic loosening of the femoral component required revision surgery. There was no aseptic loosening of the tibial component. Other complications included a ligamentous instability (2.9%), postoperative joint stiffness (1.6%), peroneal nerve palsy (1.3%), supracondylar fractures (1.0%), and postoperative joint infection (1.8%).
mesh_terms: D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology*; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008023:Ligaments, Articular; D010243:Paralysis; D010329:Patella; D010543:Peroneal Nerve; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation