SURVIVORSHIP ANALYSIS OF THE KINEMATIC STABILIZER TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
- 1 May 1996
- journal article
- Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
- Vol. 78-B (3) , 441-445
- https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.78b3.0780441
Abstract
The Kinematic Stabilizer is a posterior-cruciate-substituting design of total knee replacement. We have reviewed 109 primary total knee replacements in 95 patients at a mean follow-up time of 12.7 years (10 to 14). We used survival analysis with failure defined as revision of the implant. This gave a cumulative survival rate of 95% (95% CI± 5%) at ten years and 87% (± 10%) at 13 years. These results from an independent centre confirm the value of an established design of cemented total knee replacement and question the wisdom of the introduction of modifications and new designs without properly controlled trials.Keywords
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