Overview: long-term followup: predicting the success of a total knee arthroplasty.

Meding, J B; Keating, E M · Clin Orthop Relat Res · 2001

review · Level V

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Abstract

As the number of total knee arthroplasties performed each year in the United States continues to increase, knowledge of long-term prosthetic performance and implant durability is paramount. A selection of the best total knee replacement system for a given patient should be based on long-term followup studies reviewing, among other parameters, survivorship and complications. The importance of such long-term data should not be underestimated.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy