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Scorpio single radius total knee arthroplasty. A minimal five-year follow-up multicentric study

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Purpose

Our goal was to evaluate the five-year follow-up results of the Scorpio single radius total knee arthroplasty.

Method

We performed a retrospective study based upon a multicentre database to evaluate the minimum five-year follow-up clinical and radiological results of 747 patients (831 knees) who underwent primary Scorpio single radius total knee arthroplasty.

Results

The mean age of the patients was 71.9 years. At a minimal five-year follow-up, 141 patients were lost to follow-up, 83 patients had died, eight patients had undergone revision of a component, and the remaining 589 patients (602 knees) had a complete clinical and radiological evaluation after a median of six years (range, 5–8). The mean clinical component of the knee score was 92.2 points, and the mean functional component of the knee score was 76.9 points. At last follow-up, 530 of the 602 knees were rated as excellent or good. Only four knees developed patellar complications requiring revision. The survival rate at six years was 95.2% ± 1.9% and 98.3% ± 0.6 with revision for any reason and revision for mechanical failure as the end point, respectively.

Conclusion

This medium-term study indicates favourable clinical and radiological results for this single flexion-extension radius design arthroplasty, with a low complication rate on the patellar side.

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  1. CEETAR - Centre Phocéa, 14 Bd Gustave Ganay, 13009, Marseille, France

    Frédéric Borrione

  2. CHU de Purpan, Place Baylac, 31052, Toulouse cedex, France

    Paul Bonnevialle

  3. CHU Dupuytren, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, 87042, Limoges cedex, France

    Christian Mabit

  4. Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014, Paris, France

    Olivier Guingand

  5. Centre Médical Château Galland, 33 Chemin des Tilleroyes, 25 000, Besançon, France

    Denis Bertin

  6. CHU Hautepierre, 1 Avenue Molière, 67098, Strasbourg, France

    François Bonnomet

  7. Nouvelles Cliniques Nantaises, 4 Rue Eric Tabarly, 44277, Nantes, France

    Christophe Denis

  8. Clinique du Pré, 13 Avenue René Laennec, 72018, Le Mans, France

    Gilles Gagna

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Borrione, F., Bonnevialle, P., Mabit, C. et al. Scorpio single radius total knee arthroplasty. A minimal five-year follow-up multicentric study. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 35, 1777–1782 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-011-1226-6

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