title: Systemic effects of polymethylmethycrylate in total knee replacement: A prospective case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Mortality rates reported by the National Joint Registry for England and Wales (NJR) were higher following cemented total knee replacement (TKR) compared with uncemented procedures. The aim of this study is to examine and compare the effects of cemented and uncemented TKR on the activation of selected markers of inflammation, endothelium, and coagulation, and on the activation of selected cytokines involved in the various aspects of the systemic response following surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a single centre, prospective, case-control study. Following enrolment, blood samples were taken pre-operatively, and further samples were collected at day one and day seven post-operatively. One patient in the cemented group developed a deep-vein thrombosis confirmed on ultrasonography and was excluded, leaving 19 patients in this cohort (mean age 67.4, (sd 10.62)), and one patient in the uncemented group developed a post-operative wound infection and was excluded, leaving 19 patients (mean age 66.5, (sd 7.82)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both groups had a similar response with regards to the levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin 6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα). CD40 levels rose significantly on the cemented group over day one to day seven compared with that of the uncemented group, which occurred over the first 24 hours. The CD14/42a levels demonstrated a statistically significant increase in the cemented group (p < 0.001 first 24 hours and p = 0.02 between days one and seven).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The uncemented and cemented groups demonstrated significant changes in the various parameters measured at various time points but apart from CD14/42a levels, there was no significant difference in the serum markers of inflammation, coagulation and endothelial dysfunction following cemented TKR. Cite this article: Bone Joint Res 2014;3:108-16.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Ayr, Departmentof Trauma & Orthopaedics, DalmellingtonRoad, Ayr, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giebaly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rumley
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lowe
keywords: Coagulation; Endothelial dysfunction; Inflammation; Knee arthroplasty; Polymethylmethycrylate
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