title: Miller-Galante total knee arthroplasty: the importance of material and design on the revision rate.
abstract: We have reviewed 142 Miller-Galante I (MG I) total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) with a follow-up of 56 months, and compared these with the outcome of 219 Miller-Galante II (MG II) TKAs with a follow-up of 36 months. In the MG II TKAs we found markedly lower revision rates, higher postoperative Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) scores, less retropatellar pain and better patellar centring without patellar resurfacing. The higher revision rate in MG I TKAs was mainly due to the need to revise the metal-backed patellae.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, Salzburg General Hospital, Austria. h.effenberger@telering.at
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Effenberger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hilzensauer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramsauer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dorn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kisslinger
mesh_terms: D001168:Arthritis / Q000601:surgery; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation