Total knee arthroplasty in the patient with Parkinson's disease
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 71-B (1) , 51-54
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.71b1.2915005
Abstract
We have reviewed nine patients with Parkinson's disease who had 12 primary total knee arthroplasties and one revision. Deformities were corrected by conventional techniques and semi-constrained resurfacing arthroplasties were used. Follow-up ranged from two to eight years (average 4.3 years). Nine of the 12 primary arthroplasties were rated as excellent by the Hospital for Special Surgery knee score system, and three were rated as good. Contrary to previous reports, we feel that total knee arthroplasty performed on patients with Parkinson's disease, is a highly satisfactory procedure, alleviating knee pain and improving function.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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