Analysis of the outcome in male and female patients using a unisex total knee replacement system / 中华骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To probe the difference in outcome between genders treated by a modern unisex design of total knee replacement. Methods Eighty OA patients treated with unilateral total knee replacement between January 2001 and December 2004 were evaluated retrospectively. There were 40 patients in male and female group each.The inclusion criteria includedage ranged from 53 to 77 years;The flexion deformity was less than 40 degrees, the genu varum or genu valgum deformity was less than 20 degrees. Patients who had a diagnosis other than primary osteoarthritis and who had had previous open knee surgery were excluded. There were 20 patients treated with posterior cruciate ligament-retained mobile-beating prosthesis and 20 patients treated with posterior stabilized fixed-bearing prosthesis in each group. The patients were assessed clinically with use of American Knee Society score (KSS score). Results All patients were followed up, with the mean time of 6.3 years. At the final follow-up, the improvement of KSS knee score was 34.87±27.14 in males and 30.23±26.13 in females (U=0.78, P=0.0519). The improvement of KSS function score was 21.45±19.47 in males and 22.79±17.31 in females (U=0.2, P=0.1635).There was no difference between the genders in terms of improvement in the knee function score and function score. Conclusion There was little difference in outcome between the genders treated by a modem unisex design of total knee replacement in this study.