Evaluation of the results of the different types of total knee arthroplasty in arthritis

Sixty-one patients with ankylosing spondylitis who underwent 104 total hip replacements were studied. Affection of the hip was assessed preoperatively. All cases were done by a modified posterior approach. A Charnley prosthesis was used in most of them. The postoperative assessment showed excellent and good results in 75% as well as fair and poor results in 25%

Correlation between functional capacity and radiographic changes in osteoarthritic knee

One hundred patients, 88 females and 12 males, presented with knee symptoms suggestive of degenerative osteoarthritis with no other association. They were subjected to clinical examination and antero-posterior and lateral radiograms of their knees were obtained. Assessment of the functional capacity of the patients and grading of their knee radiograms were done. A highly significant correlation between the functional capacity and the radiographic changes of the osteoarthritic knee was found