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The treatment of osteoarthritis with unconstrained and constrained knee prostheses

✍ 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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✦ 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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