Press-fit condylar design total knee arthroplasty. Fourteen to seventeen-year follow-up. 2007

David J Rodricks, and Shantanu Patil, and Pamela Pulido, and Clifford W Colwell
Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research and Education at Scripps Clinic, 11025 North Torrey Pines Road, Suite 140, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.

BACKGROUND The Press-Fit Condylar total knee arthroplasty implant design has been used by many orthopaedic surgeons over the last twenty years. The design has survived with relatively minor modifications and remains a popular implant system today. The present study represents the fourteen to seventeen-year results for our patients who were described in our previous report on the eight to ten-year results. METHODS The senior author performed 160 consecutive total knee arthroplasties with use of the Press-Fit Condylar cruciate-retaining device in 134 patients between 1986 and 1989. The mean age of the patients at the time of the index procedure was 70.5 years. Follow-up data were available for sixty-three of sixty-four surviving knees. Surviving patients were followed for a mean of 15.8 years. The knees were evaluated on the basis of Knee Society function and clinical scores, radiographs, and survivorship analysis. RESULTS The mean Knee Society function score was 65, and the mean clinical score was 89. The overall survival rate of the knee was 91.5% with revision for any reason as the end point and 97.2% with aseptic loosening as the end point. The rate of revision of the tibial insert because of wear-related aseptic loosening was 2.5%. We found no relationship between revision and the shelf life or method of sterilization of the polyethylene insert. Radiolucent lines were present in 62% (twenty-one) of thirty-four knees; all radiolucent lines were nonprogressive. None of the implants were loose according to the criteria of the Knee Society. CONCLUSIONS This long-term analysis indicates that the Press-Fit Condylar total knee implant is a successful implant system with excellent longevity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007720 Knee Prosthesis Replacement for a knee joint. Knee Prostheses,Prostheses, Knee,Prosthesis, Knee
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011474 Prosthesis Design The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis. Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D004185 Disability Evaluation Determination of the degree of a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. The diagnosis is applied to legal qualification for benefits and income under disability insurance and to eligibility for Social Security and workmen's compensation benefits. Disability Evaluations,Evaluation, Disability,Evaluations, Disability
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D016059 Range of Motion, Articular The distance and direction to which a bone joint can be extended. Range of motion is a function of the condition of the joints, muscles, and connective tissues involved. Joint flexibility can be improved through appropriate MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES. Passive Range of Motion,Joint Flexibility,Joint Range of Motion,Range of Motion,Flexibility, Joint

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