Knee osteoarthritis (OA) leads to the damage of all joint components, with consequent proprioceptive impairment leading a decline in balance and an increase risk falls. This study was aimed at assessing postural stability proprioception patients knee OA, relation between severity OA functional performance. Thirty-eight were recruited. classified Kellgren–Lawrence score. Postural assessed double...

A postal questionnaire was sent to 10,000 patients more than one year after their total knee replacement (TKR). They were assessed using the Oxford knee score and were asked whether they were satisfied, unsure or unsatisfied with their TKR. The response rate was 87.4% (8231 of 9417 eligible questionnaires) and a total of 81.8% (6625 of 8095) of patients were satisfied. Multivariable regression ...

The aim of this study is to report our experience on concomitant ipsilateral proximal tibia lateral condyle and femoral Hoffa fractures. Patient presented to our Trauma and emergency room with an ipsilateral proximal tibia lateral condyle split-Schatzger Type-I fracture and femoral lateral condyle Hoffa fracture, followingroad traffic accident. Both were closed fracture. Duration of follow-up w...

BACKGROUND The main goals of the standard treatment for advanced symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, total knee arthroplasty (TKA), are pain reduction and restoration of knee motion.The aim of this study was to analyse the outcome of the patient-based Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), and the surgeon-based Knee Society Score (KSS) and its Knee Score (KS) and Knee Functional Scor...

BACKGROUND The clinical and radiological outcomes of revision total knee arthroplasty with a cemented posterior stabilized (PS), condylar constrained knee (CCK) or a fully constrained rotating hinge knee (RHK) prosthesis were evaluated. METHODS This study reviewed the clinical and radiological results of 36 revision total knee arthroplasties with a cemented PS, CCK, and RHK prosthesis in 8, 2...

We report on the results of a randomized study (n=200) to compare total knee arthroplasty performed using conventional instrumentation or electromagnetic computer assisted surgical technique. 92% of navigated and 85% of conventional knees were implanted within ±3° from neutral mechanical alignment; there was no statistically significant difference between these proportions. There was also no di...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study is to analyze clinical and radiological outcomes of patients (with a minimum of 14 years of follow-up) who underwent cruciate-retaining (CR) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using a NexGen®-CR, comparing a patellar resurfacing group with a patellar retention group. METHODS From June 1996 to April 2002, 116 cases of TKA using a NexGen®-CR who had at least 14 y...

Osteonecrosis of the knee comprises two separate disorders, primary spontaneous osteonecrosis which is often a self-limiting condition and secondary osteonecrosis which is associated with risk factors and a poor prognosis. In a series of 61 knees (38 patients) we analysed secondary osteonecrosis of the knee treated by a new technique using multiple small percutaneous 3 mm drillings. Total knee ...

BACKGROUND After unilateral total knee arthroplasty, frontal plane loading patterns on the operated knee remain pathological in the long term, but it is unclear how they change in the early postoperative period. Additionally, researchers have suggested that the non-operated knee bears greater frontal plane loads postoperatively, but this effect is unclear. The objective of the present study was...

We report on a 54-year-old rheumatoid arthritic female patient with uncontained type-III tibial and femoral bone defects at the time of revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The knee was reconstructed using a structural distal femoral allograft and a stemmed, semi-constrained knee prosthesis. We achieved the re-alignment of a severe preoperative valgus deformity of 40 degrees. Due to postoper...