RESEARCH ARTICLE
Fifteen Year Outcome of the Ceraver Hermes Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty: Safety of the Procedure with Experienced and Inexperienced Surgeons
Philippe Hernigou*, 1, Olivier Manicom2, Charles Henri Flouzat-Lachaniete3, Xavier Roussignol3, Paolo Filippini3, Alexandre Poignard3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 36
Last Page: 39
Publisher ID: TOORTHJ-3-36
DOI: 10.2174/1874325000903010036
Article History:
Received Date: 19/4/2009Revision Received Date: 27/4/2009
Acceptance Date: 28/4/2009
Electronic publication date: 18/5/2009
Collection year: 2009
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Abstract
We wished to determine whether total knee replacement (TKA) performed by young surgeons increased rates of mortality and complications compared with TKA performed by senior surgeons using the same model of arthroplasty. There were no significant pre-operative differences between the groups in terms of age, gender, height, weight, body mass index, diagnosis, comorbidity and duration of follow-up, which was a mean of 15 years in both groups. Hence, we assessed the 15 year survival of the first 150 Ceraver Posterior-Stabilized total knee arthroplasties undertaken by young surgeons (aged of less than 30 years) in formation in a single university hospital setting (Group B). We used survival curve analysis, with strict definitions regarding end-points, and evaluated a number of different endpoint criteria to assess the outcome and to compare the results with those obtained by the two seniors (aged of more than 40 years) with their 50 first implantations (Group A). The clinical results and survival rate of implants at intermediate to long-term follow-up were similar in both Groups. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, with revision as the endpoint for failure, showed that the rate of survival at ten years was 96% (95% CI, 93 to 100) in both groups. At fifteen years the rate of survival was 91% (95% CI, 85 to 97) in group B, and 92% (95% CI, 90 to 94) in group A. The implant used in this series appears particularly safe since the usual complications observed with posterior stabilized arthroplasties were not observed even with young surgeons.
