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9741434

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
One of the primary reasons for utilizing modular tibial polyethylene inserts (MTPI) at the time of total knee arthroplasty is to have the ability to simply exchange the polyethylene at the time of revision surgery when polyethylene failure has occurred. During a 2-year period from January 1993 to December 1994, 62 revision total knee arthroplasties were reviewed from five different institutions in North America, which were performed secondary to modular tibial insert failure. In 55 cases (88.7%), significant scoring and/or damage to the femoral and/or tibial components occurred necessitating revision of one or both components. This series does not support the premise that polyethylene exchange is common at the time of revision surgery for MTPI failure. Of the patients 88.7% had MTPI failure resulted in femoral and/or tibial component revision secondary to surface damage to the femoral component and/or tibial component baseplate. In order to avoid femoral and tibial component wear secondary to MTPI failure, early recognition is necessary to allow the much simpler operation consisting of polyethylene liner exchange only.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0883-5403
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
609-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The incidence of modular tibial polyethylene insert exchange in total knee arthroplasty when polyethylene failure occurs.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Minnesota, School of Medicine, St. Paul, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article