title: Cementless total knee arthroplasty with Profix: a 8- to 10-year follow-up study.
abstract: A consecutive series of 115 cementless Profix (Smith and Nephew, Memphis, USA) Total Knee Arthroplasties performed in 113 patients were followed in order to determine the functional results and survivorship at 8 to 10 years. All patients were included in a prospective database and were reviewed annually until final follow-up. Patients overall satisfaction was excellent or good in 91.3% of cases. The mean Knee Society's knee and function scores increased respectively from 49.3 and 36.7 preoperatively to 93.1 and 82.2 postoperatively. The Kaplan-Meier estimate of implant survival at 10 years was 97.1%. Two patients underwent revision and were considered as failures. One patient had a fracture of the medial condyle at 4 days post-surgery, and the other was revised for aseptic loosening of the tibial component at 6 years post-surgery. On the basis of this long-term follow-up study, we can conclude that the Profix Total Knee System is effective and safe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Weligerveld 1, B-3012 Pellenberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hardeman
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vandenneucker
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Lauwe
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bellemans
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D019992:Databases as Topic; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome