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Miller-Galante total knee arthroplasty: the importance of material and design on the revision rate

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We have reviewed 142 Miller-Galante I (MG I) total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) with a follow-up of 56 months, and compared these with the outcome of 219 Miller-Galante II (MG II) TKAs with a follow-up of 36 months. In the MG II TKAs we found markedly lower revision rates, higher postoperative Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) scores, less retropatellar pain and better patellar centring without patellar resurfacing. The higher revision rate in MG I TKAs was mainly due to the need to revise the metal-backed patellae.

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Nous avons étudié le résultat de 142 arthroplasties totale du genou Miller-Galante I faites de 1987 à 1993 avec un suivi de 56 mois et les avons comparés avec le résultat de 219 arthroplasties Miller-Galante II opéré de 1992 à 1995 avec un suivi de 36 mois. Avec la prothèse Miller-Galante II nous avons trouvé un taux de révision plus faible, un plus haut score (HSS) postopératoire, moins de douleurs rétro-rotuliennes et un meilleur centrage rotulien sans resurfacage de la rotule. La révision de la prothèse rotulienne avec métal-back était la cause principale des reprises des prothèses de type Miller-Galante I.

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Effenberger, H., Berka, J., Hilzensauer, G. et al. Miller-Galante total knee arthroplasty: the importance of material and design on the revision rate. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 25, 378–381 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640100294

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