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SynthesisKnee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA2015

Clinical outcomes after high-flex versus conventional total knee arthroplasty.

Alisara Arirachakaran, Tana Wande, Kwanchai Pituckhanotai, Pradit Predeeprompan, Jatupon Kongtharvonskul

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Synthesis in Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Clinical outcome of increased flexion gap after total knee arthroplasty. Can controlled gap imbalance improve knee flexion?Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2017
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  5. Clinical outcome after total knee replacement.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Alisara ArirachakaranOrthopedics Department, Police General Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, amy.alisara@gmail.com.
Tana Wande
Kwanchai Pituckhanotai
Pradit Predeeprompan
Jatupon Kongtharvonskul

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare clinical outcomes after high-flex versus conventional total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

methodsA systematic review and meta-regression were performed to compare post-operative outcomes between the two types of prostheses. Relevant randomized controlled trials were identified from MEDLINE and Scopus up to November, 2014.

resultsFourteen of 369 studies were eligible; 14, 7, 6, 5, 3, 12 and 7 studies were included in the pooling of maximum knee flexion, Knee Society Knee Score (KS), Knee Society Function Score (FS), Hospital for Special Surgery score (HSS), short-form (SF) physical activity score, post-operative complications (DVT, fractures, infection) and revision TKA, respectively. The high-flex TKA had 1.97° [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.37, 3.57], -0.86 (95% CI -1.65, 0.07) and -1.34 (-2.57, -0.11) higher mean maximum knee flexion, KS and FS when compared to conventional TKA. However, there were non-significant differences in HSS, SF-36 (physical), complications and revision TKA.

conclusionThis study suggests that there are improvements in post-operative knee range of motion and knee scores in high-flex TKA implants when compared to conventional TKA implants; however, the difference was very small and therefore might not have any clinical impact. Therefore, conventional TKA can be used as a substitute. However, cost-effective analysis should be performed to make appropriate selections in the future. There are no statistically significant differences in terms of HSS, quality of life, complications and revisions between the groups. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: I.

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Knee ProsthesisRange of Motion, ArticularArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeHumansProsthesis Design

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