title: Overview: long-term followup: predicting the success of a total knee arthroplasty.
abstract: As the number of total knee arthroplasties performed each year in the United States continues to increase, knowledge of long-term prosthetic performance and implant durability is paramount. A selection of the best total knee replacement system for a given patient should be based on long-term followup studies reviewing, among other parameters, survivorship and complications. The importance of such long-term data should not be underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, St Francis Hospital-Mooresville, IN 46158, USA.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Meding
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome