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ArticleInternational orthopaedics2014

Long lasting outcome of hydroxyapatite-coated implants in primary knee arthroplasty: a continuous series of two hundred and seventy total knee arthroplasties at fifteen to twenty two years of clinical follow-up.

Jean-Alain Epinette

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Article in International orthopaedics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Uncemented or cemented femoral components work equally well in total knee arthroplasty.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2019
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  3. ZnO-Hydroxyapatite-Coated Ti-6Al-4V With Curcumin and Ginger Extract for Load-Bearing Implants.Journal of the American Ceramic Society. American Ceramic Society · 2026
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1 author.

Jean-Alain EpinetteClinique Médico-Chirurgicale, Orthopaedic Reconstructive Surgery, 62700, Bruay-Labuissière, France, jae@orthowave.net.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study is a long-term review of an hydroxyapatite (HA)-coated knee prosthesis. Our aim was to confirm that excellent previously reported results with HA knees could stand the test of time at the 15-year milestone.

methodsA total of 270 cruciate retaining HA-Omnifit knees, implanted in the same institution by a single surgeon with the same surgical procedure, were reviewed at 15-22 years of clinical follow-up (75 knees partially-coated and 195 fully-coated).

resultsAt review, IKS mean values were 95.6 points for knee score and 91.19 points for function score. Radiological review confirmed an excellent long-lasting fixation over years in the long run. Taking implant failure as the end-point, the survival rate was 97.1% at 20 years.

conclusionsOur results were as good, and often better, than the best cemented or porous published studies. These very encouraging results at 15-22 years make us very confident in the ultimate outcome of bioconductive coatings in knee arthroplasty.

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Knee ProsthesisAdultAgedAged, 80 and overArthritis, RheumatoidArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeBiocompatible MaterialsDurapatiteFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateKnee JointLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedBiocompatible MaterialsDurapatite

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PMID24382665
PMCPMC3923926

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