
Arthroplasty
Clinical and radiographic outcomes similar between NexGen Legacy and IB II prostheses
J Arthroplasty. 2011 Dec;26(8):1232-8. Epub 2011 Feb 484 patients (91 knees) undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for severe osteoarthritis were included in this study. The patients were randomized to management using the NexGen Legacy or Insall-Burstein II Prostheses. Assessment of clinical and radiographic outcomes at a 9 year follow-up indicated that both prostheses provided significant improvements from pre-operative levels. However, there were no differences observed following comparative analysis of these two implants.
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