Review Article on Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty


Cementless total knee arthroplasty

Alessandro Aprato, Salvatore Risitano, Luigi Sabatini, Matteo Giachino, Gabriele Agati, Alessandro Massè

Abstract

Interest for uncemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has greatly increased in recent years. This technique, less used than cemented knee replacement in the last decades, sees a revival thanks an advance in prosthetic design, instrumentation and operative technique. The related literature in some cases shows conflicting data on survival and on the revision’s rate, but in most cases a success rate comparable to cemented TKA is reported. The optimal fixation in TKA is a subject of debate with the majority of surgeons favouring cemented fixation.

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