The low contact stress mobile-bearing total knee replacement
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 91 (1), 58-63
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.91b1.20484
Abstract
We have examined the outcome of 400 consecutive patients who underwent total knee replacement with the Low Contact Stress mobile-bearing system between 1993 and 1994 and were followed up for a minimum of ten years. All operations were performed by surgeons in Christchurch, New Zealand, who used no other knee prosthesis during the study time. At ten years after operation 238 patients (244 knees) remained for independent clinical and radiological assessment. There was a significant improvement (p < 0.001) in the postoperative knee scores at one, three, seven and ten years, although a slight deterioration in the score occurred between seven and ten years which did not reach statistical significance. The survival for polyethylene wear or loosening was 97% (95% CI 96 to 98) and survival using reoperation for any cause was 92% (95% CI 90 to 94) at 12 years. Polyethylene wear was more common in the meniscal-bearing component, with five knees requiring revision and a further eight demonstrating early wear. Osteolysis was not seen in the rotating platform component, but was present in three of the meniscal-bearing knees. There was no association between the radiological alignment at one year and those knees that subsequently required revision. However, there was an association between the overall limb alignment and the Western Ontario McMasters University score (p < 0.001). The Low Contact Stress mobile-bearing total knee replacement has proved to be a reliable implant at ten years when used in primary knee replacement irrespective of the deformity and diagnosis.Keywords
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