Rotating hinge total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has had acceptable to poor results in terms of clinical outcomes and survivorship, leading to skepticism with regard to its use. A total of 271 hinged TKAs performed between 1998 and 2008 were studied to determine survivorship and factors affecting survivorship. A median survivorship of 6.9 years was found for the best-case cohort (n = 111), and 4.1 years, for the worst-case group (n = 174). Of the 111 patients, 51 (45.9%) experienced a failure that required reoperation, with more than half of these (29/51, or 56.9%) due to nonmechanical modes of failure. Comparison of the kinematic hinge implants with the distal femoral replacements showed that the Kaplan-Meier survivorship was slightly higher for the patients with distal femoral replacements, although this was not significant (P = .962). Our study suggests that the hinge TKA is well designed and provides acceptable survivorship in healthy patients who do not have nonmechanical complications.
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The Journal of Arthroplasty, Volume 28, Issue 1, 62 - 67.e1
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Comparison of Mechanical and Nonmechanical Failure Rates Associated With Rotating Hinged Total Knee Arthroplasty in Nontumor Patients
Smith, Travis H. et al.Knee