title: The cementless AGC 2000 knee prosthesis: 20-year results in a consecutive series.
abstract: One hundred and fourteen AGC 2000 porous-coated cementless total knee arthroplasties were performed in 102 patients between 1984 and 1986. We report their 20-year results with patient assessment, Hospital for Special Surgery knee score, weight-bearing radiographs done under fluoroscopic control and survivorship analyses. All patients could be accounted for. With prosthesis revision as a failure criterion, the cumulative survival rate of all prosthetic components at 20 years was 84.4%. The fall in success rate was primarily due to early tibial and late patellar component failure. The cumulative survival rate of the tibial component was 97.2% and that of the femoral component was 100% at 20 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark. jamilahussein1@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Jamila
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eriksen
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solgaard
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schrøder
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome