Revision total knee arthroplasty with modular components inserted with metaphyseal cement and stems without cement

J Arthroplasty. 2005 Apr;20(3):302-8. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2004.08.010.

Abstract

The clinical and radiographic outcomes of 50 consecutive revision total knee arthroplasties in 47 patients, placed with metaphyseal cemented femoral and tibial components with press-fit cementless stems, were reviewed at 36-month average follow-up. Revision was performed for aseptic loosening (11/50), infection (17/50), periprosthetic fracture (8/50), component failure (6/50), instability (6/50), and malalignment (2/50). The press-fit cementless stems were 80 to 160 mm in length and tightly contacted the endosteum of the metadiaphyseal areas. Four (9%) knees were re-revised for infection, zero for aseptic loosening. The average modified Hospital for Special Surgery knee score improved from 49 to 87. One patient (2%) reported thigh pain, and 1 reported leg pain. Metaphyseal cemented revision total knee components with press-fit cementless femoral and tibial stems were not associated with significant thigh and leg pain.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Infectious / mortality
  • Arthritis, Infectious / surgery
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / mortality
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / surgery
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / methods*
  • Bone Cements / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Malalignment / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Malalignment / mortality
  • Bone Malalignment / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Knee Injuries / diagnostic imaging
  • Knee Injuries / mortality
  • Knee Injuries / surgery
  • Knee Prosthesis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / mortality
  • Osteoarthritis, Knee / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / mortality
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Radiography
  • Range of Motion, Articular / physiology
  • Reoperation
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • Bone Cements