Resurfacing of the patella.
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
- Vol. 62 (6) , 933-936
- https://doi.org/10.2106/00004623-198062060-00008
Abstract
The results of use of twenty-nine patellar resurfacing prostheses in twenty-eight patients were studied. The diagnosis was osteoarthritis in twenty-two knees, chondromalacia in five knees, and habitual dislocation with severe osteoarthritis in two. The follow-up time was from three to six years. A cemented chromium-cobalt prosthesis was used. Of the twenty-nine knees studied, two were rated excellent; fourteen, good; three, fair; and ten, poor. Failure was always due to unrelieved pain.Keywords
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