Sixty-two patients with early medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee were treated with lateral heel wedges and followed for from 7 years and 5 months to 12 years. Those who were treated with heel wedges and analgesics showed a significantly greater improvement in pain score than those treated
The treatment of osteoarthritis with unconstrained and constrained knee prostheses
β Scribed by D. Stock; E. D. Diezemann; J. Gottstein; M. Mathias
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 507 KB
- Volume
- 95
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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β¦ Synopsis
The first cases of knee prosthesis implantation at the orthopaedic department of the Freiburg university hospital are discussed. Surgery was indicated by advanced osteoarthritis which showed no improvement under conservative treatment. Indications concerning the choice of knee joint replacement with unconstrained or constrained prostheses are also discussed. Considerations of these indications as well as operative technique and consequent functional treatment usually produced good results. Follow up studies show equally good results for the GSB-total knee endoprosthesis (constrained) as for the surface type prosthesis (unconstrained).
Zusammenfassung. Es wird ein ~b e r b l i c k uber die ersten 127 Falle der Kniegelenksalloarthroplastik an der Orthopadischen Abteilung der Freiburger Universitatsklinik gegeben. Die Indikation zu den Eingriffen ergab sich stets aus einer mit konservativen Mafinahmen nicht mehr beeinflufibaren schweren Gonarthrose. Es werden die Indikationskriterien bei der Wahl zwischen Schlitten-und GSB-Knietotalprothese aufgefiihrt. Bei Beriicksichtigung dieser Indikationskriterien, Operationsroutine und konsequenter funktioneller Nachbehandlung sind iiberwiegend gute Ergebnisse zu erwarten. Fur die GSB-Totalprothese ergeben sich dabei nach den bisherigen Erfahrungen gleichgute Erfolgschancen wie fur die Schlittenprothesen.
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