Arthroplasty
Mobile and fixed bearings yield similar long term clinical & radiographic outcomes in TKA
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2015 Jun;101(4 Suppl):S187-92.98 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were randomized to undergo the procedure using either fixed bearings or mobile bearings. The purpose of the trial was to determine a superior bearing between the two, in terms of clinical and radiographic outcomes over a long-term follow-up period. Findings indicated that the two bearings were comparable in all measured assessments apart from risk of osteolysis, which was found to be greater in the fixed bearing group.
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