Do We Need High-Flexing Total Knee Arthroplasty to Improve the Survivorship and to Decrease the Incidence of Osteolysis?

Do We Need High-Flexing Total Knee Arthroplasty to Improve the Survivorship and to Decrease the Incidence of Osteolysis? A Minimum of Ten Years of Follow-up

The purpose of this study is to determine if there are any clinical or ROM differences in total knee arthroplasty with standard NexGen LPS prosthesis and NexGen LPS-Flex prosthesis.

We therefore hypothesized: (1) the survival of the NexGen LPS-Flex prosthesis is better than standard NexGen LPS prosthesis; (2) knee function and range of motion after clinical assessment will be better in the NexGen LPS-Flex group; and (3) the incidence of osteolysis will be lower in the NexGen LPS-Flex prosthesis than standard NexGTne LPS prosthesis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• End-stage osteoarthritis of the knee joint requiring total knee arthroplasty with bilateral disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inflammatory disease
• patient with other Lower extremity disease which may affect functional outcome
• Neurologic disease effecting patients lower extremity
• Revision surgery
• Patient not medically cleared for bilateral surgery