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Cementless total knee arthroplasty in patients over 65 years old
A A Hofmann1, R W Wyatt, S W Beck
1Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
Many factors influence the decision to implant a knee prosthesis with or without cement. Implant retrieval studies have demonstrated that bone ingrowth into porous-coated devices is possible even in older age groups. Early clinical follow-up observations suggest that cementless total knee arthroplasty can be successful in patients over 65 years of age, and need not be reserved for younger patients.