THE MACINTOSH TIBIAL PLATEAU HEMIPROSTHESIS FOR THE RHEUMATOID KNEE

1 May 1972

journal article
Published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume

Vol. 54-B (2) , 256-262
https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.54b2.256

Abstract

1. Thirty-nine patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had had a MacIntosh tibial plateau hemiarthroplasty are reviewed. 2. From the clinical findings it is possible to suggest a basis for the selection of suitable patients for the procedure. 3. Eighty-five per cent of the patients obtained relief of pain with good function of the knee. 4. The complications were infection and instability of the prosthesis.

Keywords

FUNCTION
RHEUMATOID
GOOD
TIBIAL PLATEAU
CENT
HEMIPROSTHESIS
MACINTOSH TIBIAL

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