Results of the total-condylar knee prosthesis. 1981

P Aglietti, and E Rinonapoli

The Total-Condylar knee prosthesis is a non-hinged, semi-restricted prosthesis with partial intrinsic stability, incorporating a prosthetic surface covering the patella. The surgical technique involved includes release of the contracted soft tissues, so as to obtain symmetry and balance of the ligaments before the bone is cut. These bone cuts are made at a right angle to one another and are standardised. The cases presented comprise forty-eight knees (in forty-one patients), of whom thirty-eight were affected by arthrosis and ten by rheumatoid arthritis. The mean age of the patients was sixty-five years. They were examined not less than twenty-four months nor more than seventy months after operation. This was a prospective survey and the cases were consecutive. Excellent or good results were obtained in 89.5 per cent of cases. Only one case had to undergo re-operation, due to loosening of the tibial component, not to deep infection. The results were permanent over the review period, and the quality was as good as in prostheses of the hip.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007592 Joint Diseases Diseases involving the JOINTS. Arthropathies,Arthropathy,Joint Disease
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
D009068 Movement The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. Movement may be used with reference to humans, vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Differentiate also from MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior. Movements
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
D011446 Prospective Studies Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group. Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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