Abstract: Total Knee Arthroplasty is the most commonly performed adult reconstructive knee procedure. Implanting femoral and tibial component to replace the degenerated knee joint will relieve the pain and provide mobile, pain free and a stable joint.
Objective: To access the functional and radiological results of Fixed bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted among 20 patients who underwent fixed bearing total knee arthroplasty in the age group of 32 to 65 years. Period of study was from June 2013 to September 2014.Patients were selected by purposive sampling who were admitted in the department of orthopaedics, Father Muller Medical College Hospital during the above mentioned period. The data was collected by interview, and by analysing case papers. The patients were followed up at 3 weeks and 6 weeks postoperatively and later they were called back for review at 3 months interval. At the end of the study, patients functional outcome were evaluated with Knee society scores.
Results: Out of the 20 knees 5 were in neutral, 11 in varus, 2 in valgus and flexion and 2 were in varus and flexion. The average follow up was 40 weeks (range 12 to 64 weeks). The average postoperative flexion in the rheumatoid group was 105.4 degrees and in the osteoarthritis group was 115.8 degrees. In our study all our patients showed an improvement in knee score. 2 patients had excellent score(80-100).16 patients had good score(70-79) and 2 patients had fair results(60-69). The mean increase in Knee score was 34.2. In the osteoarthritis group it was 34 and in rheumatoid group it was 35.8
Conclusion: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis achieved less postoperative range of flexion compared to the osteoarthritis group. But they achieve more increase in knee score.
Keywords: Knee Arthroplasty, Short Term Analysis.
Title: Short Term Analysis of Fixed Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Author: Dr Shashikanth Bhure, Dr Danduru Vasudeva Reddy, Dr Rohith Jhamnani
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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