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Long Term Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Effect of Implant Fixation (Cementless)

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Total Knee Arthroplasty

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Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most successful operations performed with 95–98 good to excellent results reported at 10–15 years follow up [1]. When it comes to fixation of components the technique can be cemented, cementless or hybrid (cementless femoral and cemented tibial components) [2, 3]. Cemented fixation has resulted in satisfactory long term outcome with low revision rates (Fig. 16.1) [2–5]. However, osteolysis often appears and the long term durability of the interface is questionable, especially in young patients [6, 7].

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Karachalios, T., Antoniou, I. (2015). Long Term Outcome of Total Knee Arthroplasty. The Effect of Implant Fixation (Cementless). In: Karachalios, T. (eds) Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6660-3_16

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