Philip M. Faris

TL;DR: Four hundred twenty-one posterior cruciate condylar total knee arthroplasties were performed between 1975 and 1983 and Kaplan-Meier survival curves showed no significant difference between normal and valgus groups; however, there was a statistical difference between thevalgus and varus and the normal and varu groups.

TL;DR: The dominant failure mechanisms for this component design are related to preoperative deformity, technical factors of component alignment, overall limb alignment, and ligamentous imbalance.

TL;DR: Despite having nearly flat-on-flat geometry and retaining the posterior cruciate ligament, this total knee replacement has proved to have minimal wear and excellent longevity with time, the authors think this is a result of the direct compression molded polyethylene articulation and the nonmodular configuration that incorporates metal backing on the tibial component and eliminates back-sided tibIAL component poly methylene wear.

TL;DR: It is recommended that impaction bone-grafting be used only when proximal femoral osteopenia is so severe that stability cannot be obtained with insertion of a long-stemmed femoral component without cement, and instead of implantation of a massive proximal Femoral allograft in combination with inserting of a Femoral component with cement.

TL;DR: From 1975 to 1983, 278 patients received 418 posterior cruciate ligament-retaining Total Condylar knee arthroplasties and the 394 remaining knees were observed from 1 to 18 years, yielding survival estimates at 12 years of 96.8% and 98.1%, respectively.