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Table 4 Reasons of failures

From: Survivorship of the fixed-bearing medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: mean 14-year follow-up in a single medical center

Indication for revision

Procedure

Case numbers

Average year after

primary operation

OA group

 

24/266 (9.0%)

6.07

Implant loosening

TKA

9 (37.5%)

5.26

OA progression

TKA

6 (25.0%)

6.25

Insert wear

TKA

5 (20.9%)

8.12

Infection

Two-stage exchange arthroplasty into TKA

2 (8.3%)

9.38

Periprosthetic fracture

TKA with tibial stem

2 (8.3%)

0.75

ON group

 

8/71 (11.3%)

3.21

Implant loosening

TKA

2 (25.0%)

0.96

OA progression

TKA

1 (12.5%)

1.25

Insert wear

TKA

2 (25.0%)

9.80

Infection

Two-stage exchange arthroplasty into TKA

2 (25.0%)

1.38

Periprosthetic fracture

TKA with tibial stem

1 (12.5%)

0.17