Longterm analysis of Sheehan total knee arthroplasty

✍ Scribed by J. Krugluger; P. Zenz; R. Parzer; S. Jantsch; H. Häckel

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 627 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0341-2695
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00179716

✦ Synopsis

Sheehan total knee arthroplasty was carried out in 405 knees at two centres. The patients were followed up from two to eleven years. The clinical results were assessed, the complications documented and the influence of specific factors on the result was evaluated. The principal complications arose from the patella and the femorotibial articulation. The low rate of loosening and the achievement of satisfactory alignment lead the authors to support the concept of a long stem.

R~sumb. Dans deux services la prothOse totale de genou de Sheehan a ktb mise en place 405lois. Les opbrbs ont btb suivis de 2 ~t 11 ans. On a bvaluk les rbsultats cliniques, prbcisk les complications et estimb l'influence sur le rbsultat de facteurs spJcifiques. Les principales complications sont survenues au niveau de la rotule et de l'articulation fbmorotibiale. Le petit nombre de descellements et l'obtention d'axes corrects incitent les auteurs d soutenir le principe des tiges prothOtiques longues.