Abstract

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a procedure with excellent clinical results in older patients with a primary diagnosis of osteoarthritis. Many younger patients undergo unicompartmental or high tibial osteotomy rather than TKA, but are not always good candidates for these joint-preserving procedures. The purpose of this study was to review the outcomes of patients 40 years of age and under who underwent TKA. We identified 33 patients (38 knees) who were 40 years of age or less at the time of surgery. These patients had a mean age of 36 years (range, 23 to 40 years), and were followed for a mean of 49 months (range, 16 to 101 months). The survival rate in the study cohort was 97%. For the young patient who is not a candidate for other types of joint preserving procedures, in the senior authors' experience total knee arthroplasties have performed well.

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Authors

Mont MA, Sayeed SA, Osuji O, Johnson AJ, Naziri Q, Delanois RE, Bonutti PM

Institution

Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics, Center for Joint Preservation and Replacement, Baltimore, Maryland 21215, USA. mmont@lifebridgehealth.org

Source

The journal of knee surgery 25:1 2012 Mar pg 65-9

MeSH

Adult
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
Female
Humans
Male
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22624250