title: Total condylar knee arthroplasty. Implications of postoperative stability, evaluated by stress radiography.
abstract: Knee sability and knee score were studied in 44 consecutive total knee replacements with the Insall/Burnstein Total Condylar Knee prosthesis. Knee stability was assessed by stress radiography. Statistical correlation was found between increasing antero-posterior laxity and increasing score on the New York Hospital for Special Surgery scoring scale, and between increasing antero-posterior laxity and increasing knee flexion ability. Tightness (total antero-posterior laxity <5mm) was associated with complaints of pain and compromised joint function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lyndrup
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Iversen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jacobsen