Clinical, roentgenographic, and scintigraphic results after interruption of the superior lateral genicular artery during total knee arthroplasty

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003086-198911000-00023· OSTI ID:5043757

Ritter, M A; Keating, E M; Faris, P M ^[1]

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1. Center for Hip and Knee Surgery, Mooresville, IN (USA)

Forty-eight patients treated by primary bilateral simultaneous total knee arthroplasty, in which one knee had a lateral release and the other did not, were evaluated clinically and roentgenographically from one to 12 years postoperatively. Thirty of these patients also had a technetium-99 bone scan. Mean clinical scores at the last follow-up examination were 90 for both groups. Roentgenographically, there were no subluxations, dislocations, or fractures in either group. There were two metal-backed patellae (one in each group) with signs of polyethylene wear and developed debris. Bone scans showed no difference between the two groups and no signs of osteonecrosis of the patella.

• OSTI ID: 5043757
• Journal Information: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research; (USA), Vol. 248; ISSN 0009-921X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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