Roentgenographic evaluation of geometric total knee arthroplasty with a six-year average follow-up period. 1986

T Torisu, and H Morita

The geometric total knee prosthesis was used in the reconstruction of 70 damaged knee joints in 56 patients from November 1973 through March 1979. The average follow-up period extended to six years and seven months. Eleven patients had died and four could not be located. Eighty-one percent of the remaining knees had little or no pain at the time of the review. Pain in the patellofemoral joints was an insignificant problem in this series. The femorotibial shaft angle ranged from 0 degrees to 10 degrees of valgus in 43 (82.7%) of 52 knees. Six knees showed varus deformity at the time of follow-up examination. Stress fracture of the medial condyle of the tibia was found in two of these six knees. The absence of a radiolucent zone at the tibial cement-bone interface was noted in only ten (19.2%) of the 52 knee roentgenograms. New formation or progression of a radiolucent zone from six to 12 months after the operation was found in 36.5%. Positional abnormality of the marker wires seen in serial roentgenograms existed in 51.9% of the knees. Nine knees (17.3%) disclosed a gap between the metallic articular surface and the tibial component and also showed the collision of the tibial intercondylar eminence against the femur in the standing position. The tibial component of the prosthesis was fractured in one knee.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007719 Knee Joint A synovial hinge connection formed between the bones of the FEMUR; TIBIA; and PATELLA. Superior Tibiofibular Joint,Joint, Knee,Joint, Superior Tibiofibular,Knee Joints,Superior Tibiofibular Joints,Tibiofibular Joint, Superior
D007720 Knee Prosthesis Replacement for a knee joint. Knee Prostheses,Prostheses, Knee,Prosthesis, Knee
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010003 Osteoarthritis A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans. Arthritis, Degenerative,Osteoarthrosis,Osteoarthrosis Deformans,Arthroses,Arthrosis,Arthritides, Degenerative,Degenerative Arthritides,Degenerative Arthritis,Osteoarthritides,Osteoarthroses
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
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D005260 Female Females
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

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