Medial pivot knee in primary total knee arthroplasty

Francesco Atzori; Wael Salama; Luigi Sabatini; Shazly Mousa; Abdelrahman Khalefa

doi:10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.12.20

Medial pivot knee in primary total knee arthroplasty

Ann Transl Med. 2016 Jan;4(1):6. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.12.20.

Authors

Francesco Atzori¹, Wael Salama¹, Luigi Sabatini¹, Shazly Mousa¹, Abdelrahman Khalefa¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Unit of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hospital San Luigi Gonzaga, University of Turin, Regione Gonzole 10, Orbassano, Torino, Italy ; 2 Sohag University Hospital, 82524 Sohag, Egypt.

PMID: 26855942
PMCID: PMC4716939
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.12.20

Abstract

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with a medial pivot design was developed in order to mimic normal knee kinematics; the highly congruent medial compartment implant should improve clinical results and decrease contact stresses. Clinical and radiographic mid-term outcomes are satisfactory, but we need other studies to evaluate long-term results and indications for unusual cases.

Keywords: Knee kinematics; medial pivot design; total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Publication types

Review