Long-term survival analysis of a posterior cruciate-retaining total condylar total knee arthroplasty.

Ritter, M A; Herbst, S A; Keating, E M; Faris, P M; Meding, J B · Clin Orthop Relat Res · 1994

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

From 1975 to 1983, 278 patients received 418 posterior cruciate ligament-retaining Total Condylar knee arthroplasties. Twenty-four patients were excluded, 15 for lack of followup data, 6 for infection during followup, and 3 for revision surgeries for previous infections. The 394 remaining knees were observed from 1 to 18 years (mean, 8.08 years). Kaplan-Meier and crude survival estimates at 12 years were 96.8% and 98.1%, respectively. Various survival analyses by other authors have yielded similar successful results.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy