title: Long-term survival analysis of a posterior cruciate-retaining total condylar total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: From 1975 to 1983, 278 patients received 418 posterior cruciate ligament-retaining Total Condylar knee arthroplasties. Twenty-four patients were excluded, 15 for lack of followup data, 6 for infection during followup, and 3 for revision surgeries for previous infections. The 394 remaining knees were observed from 1 to 18 years (mean, 8.08 years). Kaplan-Meier and crude survival estimates at 12 years were 96.8% and 98.1%, respectively. Various survival analyses by other authors have yielded similar successful results.
authors.affiliation: Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, Mooresville, IN.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Herbst
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Keating
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Faris
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Meding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000401:mortality*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016019:Survival Analysis