Fig. 14.1 Polyethylene spin-out, in a patient with LCS® RP TKR, 13 months after implantation. Dislocation and instability have been major concerns after the introduction of the RP TKR designs….
Physical Functional Psychological/emotional Social/occupational For decades, surgical prosthetic interventions were objectively assessed through operative complications, the survival and lifetime of implanted materials, morbidity and mortality rates. More recently other subjective…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Theofilos Karachalios (ed.)Total Knee Arthroplasty10.1007/978-1-4471-6660-3_24 24. Mid and Long Term Functional Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty Nikolaos Rigopoulos1 and Theofilos Karachalios1, 2 (1) Orthopaedic Department, Center of Biomedical Sciences (CERETETH), University of Thessalia,…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Theofilos Karachalios (ed.)Total Knee Arthroplasty10.1007/978-1-4471-6660-3_23 23. Short and Mid Term Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Effect of Rehabilitation Kyriakos Avramidis1 and Theofilos Karachalios2 (1) Orthopaedic Department, General Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Hellenic…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Theofilos Karachalios (ed.)Total Knee Arthroplasty10.1007/978-1-4471-6660-3_9 9. Long Term Clinical Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Effect of Surgeon Training and Experience Nikolaos Roidis1 , Gregory Avramidis1 and Petros Kalampounias1 (1) 3rd Orthopaedic Department, KAT Hospital,…
Scoring system Validity Accuracy Easy of use Reference Hospital for special surgery Yes Yes/No Poor [38] Oxford knee score Yes No Good [48] Sf-36 Yes Good [49] WOMAC Yes Yes…
1800 1861 → Ferguson resection arthroplasty 1863 → Verneuil resection arthroplasty 1891 → Gluck ivory hinged prosthesis 1900 1913 → Murphy fat and fascia lata 1917 → Lexer fat 1918…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Theofilos Karachalios (ed.)Total Knee Arthroplasty10.1007/978-1-4471-6660-3_6 6. The Long Term Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Effect of Age and Diagnosis Alexander Tsarouhas1 and Michael E. Hantes2, 3 (1) Kalambaka, Thessaly, Greece (2) Department of…
Fig. 1.1 Anatomy of patella. (a) Anterior view. (b) Lateral view. 1. Base. 2. Apex. 3. Femur. 4. Quadriceps tendon.5. Patellar tendon. 6. Tibia. 7. Fibula. 8. Posterior medial facet….
Axis Description Flexion axis of the knee Penetrates the two centers of the circular portion of the posterior femoral condyles from about 20° to 120° like an axle passing through…
