[Results in the implantation of total or partial prosthesis in the knee joint]

A report of the results achieved by treating of corrosive diseases of knee joint by partial and total endoprosthesis. A total of 74 knee joints were operated on. Improvement of movement and stress capability was achieved in 93% of all cases. Complications are presented and discussed. Follow-up and summary of all cases reveals that the total endoprosthesis is increasingly indicated. The replacement of a sliding endoprosthesis by a total endoprosthesis has since become necessary in three cases and resulted in marked improvement of function. One patient is not free of complaints, and an exchange operation is indicated. The indications for implantation of a sliding endoprosthesis will in the future surely be much more closely drawn. Follow-up reveales that increasing reactive changes of the knee joint cause pain of increasing measure. An initially painless interval is followed by a period of increasing pain. Results of follow-uthesis may be extended. The continued pain that totally operated patients in part by the high-grade and progressive changes in the femoro-patellar joint.