title: Posterior-stabilized versus cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty: balancing the gap.
abstract: A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial was carried out to compare cruciate-retaining (CR) and posterior-stabilized (PS) total knee arthroplasties (TKAs). A total of 40 knees were randomized to receive either a NexGen CR (Zimmer, Warsaw, IN) or a Legacy PS (Zimmer, Warsaw, IN) TKA. All knees were implanted with identical surgical technique, making sure to balance precisely the flexion-extension gaps before implantation of the components. At 2-year follow-up, there was no difference between the CR and the PS TKAs with respect to their Knee Society clinical, functional, and radiographic scores. These findings suggest that with careful attention to surgical technique and balancing the knee, orthopaedic surgeons should expect similar results whether they use a CR or PS TKA.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanzer
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burnett
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design