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The Use of Structural Allograft for Uncontained Defects in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty A Minimum Five-Year Review
M. G. Clatworthy, FRACS; J. Ballance, FRACS; G. W. Brick, FRACS; H. P. Chandler, MD; A. E. Gross, MD, FRCSC
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Investigation performed at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
M.G. Clatworthy, FRACS Orthopaedic Department, Middlemore Hospital, Otahuhu, Auckland 6, New Zealand. E-mail address: clats@xtra.co.nz
J. Ballance, FRACS H.P. Chandler, MD Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 32 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114
G.W. Brick, FRACS Department of Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02120
A.E. Gross, MD, FRCSC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article. No funds were received in support of this study.

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  2001; 83:404-404 
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Abstract

Background: To our knowledge, the medium to long-term outcome after revision knee arthroplasty with structural allograft augmentation for reconstruction of uncontained defects has not been determined. The purpose of the present study was to assess the outcome for patients managed with such a procedure.

Methods: We prospectively followed fifty patients who had fifty-two revision knee replacements with sixty-six structural grafts performed at three institutions. Twenty-nine knees (twenty-seven patients) were independently evaluated at a mean of 96.9 months (range, sixty to 189 months) by an investigator who had not been involved in the index procedure. Twelve knees (23%) had a repeat revision at a mean of 70.7 months (range, twenty-six to 157 months). The allograft was retained in two of these patients. Eleven patients died at a mean of ninety-three months (range, sixty-one to 128 months) after the procedure; the structural allograft and implants were intact, and the patients were not awaiting revision at the time of death.

Results: Clinical evaluation revealed that the mean modified Hospital for Special Surgery knee score had improved from 32.5 points preoperatively to 75.6 points at the time of the review and the mean range of motion had increased from 60.5° preoperatively to 88.6°. Failure was defined as an increase of less than 20 points in the modified Hospital for Special Surgery knee score at the time of the review or the need for an additional operation related to the allograft. Thirteen knee replacements failed, yielding a 75% success rate. Five knees had graft resorption, resulting in implant loosening. Four knee replacements failed because of infection, and two knees had nonunion between the host bone and the allograft. Two knees (one patient) did not have a 20-point improvement in the knee score. The survival rate of the allografts was 72% (95% confidence interval, 69% to 75%) at ten years. On radiographic analysis, none of the surviving grafts had severe resorption, one had moderate resorption, and two had mild resorption. One knee had a loose tibial component, and three knees had nonprogressive tibial radiolucent lines. All four knees were asymptomatic.

Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that allografts used in revision knee replacement in patients with the difficult problem of massive bone loss have an encouraging medium-term rate of survival.

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    Surgeons who manage patients after multiple revision knee arthroplasties may have to contend with large osseous defects. Such defects may not be amenable to the use of augments and wedges that are an integral part of modern knee revision systems. The use of structural allografts is a viable alternative for the treatment of massive bone loss.
    Parks and Engh1, in a study of specimens retrieved at a mean of three and one-half years postoperatively, demonstrated that structural allografts in total knee arthroplasty do not revascularize, resorb, or collapse. The senior authors (A.E.G., G.W.B., and H.P.C.) of the present study previously reported encouraging short-term results in patients managed with structural allograft for the treatment of a large uncontained defect2-6. Others also have described promising results after short to medium-term follow-up. Engh et al.7, in a review of the results of total knee arthroplasty with use of allograft in thirty patients (thirty-five knees) who had been followed for a mean of fifty months, reported that twenty-six patients (87%) had a good or excellent result. Twenty-nine (83%) of the thirty-five knees had received a femoral-head allograft. Harris et al.8 reported satisfactory clinical and radiographic results in fourteen of fifteen patients at a mean of forty-three months postoperatively. Mow and Wiedel9 reported that twelve of fifteen patients had no allograft-related complications at forty-seven months postoperatively, whereas Mnaymneh et al.10 reported that five of ten patients with massive bone loss managed with a whole distal femoral allograft or a whole proximal tibial allograft, or both, had a high rate of complications.
    We are unaware of any medium-term follow-up studies on the use of structural allografts for the treatment of large uncontained defects in revision knee arthroplasty. It is difficult to collect a large group of patients because of the relative rarity of this condition and the advanced age of the patients undergoing the procedure. For these reasons, we ­collated the results of three surgeons, in tertiary-care centers, who used a similar operative technique and postoperative regimen. We report the results after revision knee arthroplasty with use of structural allograft in fifty patients (fifty-two knees) who had been followed for a minimum of five years (mean, eight years; range, five to fifteen years).
     
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    +Fig. 1:The component is cemented onto the allograft. Cement is also inserted up to the level of the step-cut.
     
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    +Fig. 2:The distal femoral allograft construct after implantation.
     
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    +Fig. 3:The distal femoral allograft construct.
     
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    +Fig. 4-A:Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs, made nine and one-half years after revision, showing no resorption of the femoral allograft.
     
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    +Fig. 4-B:Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs, made nine and one-half years after revision, showing no resorption of the femoral allograft.
     
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    +Fig. 5:Kaplan-Meier survivorship curve showing a 72% rate of survival at ten years for all allografts.
     
    Anchor for JumpAnchor for JumpTABLE I:  Reason for Allograft Procedure
    Primary Condition of Patient (no. of knees)Loose ImplantInfectionPeriprosthetic FractureTotal
    Osteoarthritis 265?334
    Rheumatoid arthritis?61?613
    Posttraumatic injury?40?1?5
    Total3661052
     
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    Type of GraftSite of Implantation
    Distal Part of FemurProximal Part of TibiaTotal
    Femoral head?6?410
    Noncircumferential?2?6?8
    Segmental311748
    Total392766
    Since 1983, sixty-two revision knee arthroplasties requiring structural allograft for the treatment of an uncontained defect were performed in fifty-eight patients by the three senior authors (A.E.G., G.W.B., and H.P.C.). All patients who had been followed for a minimum of five years were included in the study. Four patients (five knees) died less than five years postoperatively, and four patients (five knees) were lost to ­follow-up. Thus, fifty patients (fifty-two knees) were eligible for the review.

    Study Group

    The mean age of the patients at the time of the allograft surgery was sixty-eight years (range, twenty-four to eighty-five years). There were thirty women and twenty men. The procedure was performed in twenty-seven right knees and twenty-five left knees. The patients had had a mean (and standard deviation) of 2.55 1.32 previous procedures (range, one to six procedures). The primary condition of the patients and the reasons for the allograft procedures are given in Table I.
    All patients had an uncontained defect, defined as segmental bone loss with no remaining cortex5. The defects were classified as either circumferential (requiring a segmental distal femoral or proximal tibial graft) or noncircumferential (requiring a partial distal femoral, partial proximal tibial, or femoral-head graft)8. Sixty-six grafts were inserted in fifty-two knees; fourteen patients had a graft inserted in both the distal part of the femur and the proximal part of the tibia. One patient had a proximal tibial and patellar tendon construct, and one had a distal femoral and medial collateral ligament construct. Forty-eight defects were circumferential, and eighteen were noncircumferential. Forty-eight (73%) of the sixty-six grafts were segmental, involving a whole distal femoral or a whole proximal tibial graft (Table II). The mean length of the graft was 54 36 mm (range, 20 to 160 mm).
    The implants included thirty-one press-fit condylar or total condylar-III prostheses (PFC or TC-III; Johnson and Johnson Orthopaedics, Raynham, Massa­chusetts), seven Insall-Burstein modular prostheses (Zimmer, Warsaw, Indiana), six Porous-Coated Anatomic prostheses (PCA; Howmedica, Ruth­erford, New Jersey), six Guepar prostheses (Benoist Girard, Bagneaux, France), one Genesis prosthesis (Smith and Nephew Richards, Memphis, Tennessee), and one ­Insall-Burstein-II constrained condylar knee prosthesis (CCK; Zimmer). A long stem was used to protect the structural allograft in all but two patients. A ­cemented stem was used in thirteen procedures performed in the 1980s. Thereafter, a press-fit stem was used in thirty-nine procedures.
    The results for twenty-seven patients (twenty-nine knees) who were alive at the time of the study were independently reviewed by one of the investigators (M.G.C.) who had not been involved in the index procedure. These patients had been followed for a mean (and standard deviation) of 96.9 36.8 months (range, sixty to 189 months). Twelve other patients (twelve knees) had a revision at a mean of 70.7 40.4 months (range, twenty-six to 157 months). These knee replacements were considered failures and thus were not included in the review. In two of the failed knee replacements, the allograft was well integrated at the time of revision, allowing the graft to be retained. Eleven patients (eleven knees) with more than five years of follow-up died, with the implants intact and with no plans for a revision procedure, at a mean of 93 35.6 months (range, sixty-one to 128 months) after the procedure.

    Clinical Evaluation

    The clinical assessment was made on the basis of the modified Hospital for Special Surgery knee score4. Failure was defined as an increase of less than 20 points in the knee score postoperatively or the need for an additional operation related to the allograft4.

    Radiographic Evaluation

    Twenty-seven knees in twenty-five patients who were alive and had not had a revision were assessed radiographically. The evaluation consisted of inspection for union of the allograft and host bone (the presence of trabeculae bridging the host-graft junction and obliteration of the allograft-host junction) on both anteroposterior and lateral radiographs11. Radiolucent lines were measured according to the system of the Knee Society11. A component was considered loose if the radiolucent lines were circumferential and more than 2 mm in thickness, if the lines were progressive, or if the component had migrated or broken. Allograft resorption was classified as mild (partial-thickness loss of less than 1 cm in length in one cortex), moderate (partial-thickness loss of at least 1 cm in one cortex), or major (full-thickness loss of any length in one cortex).

    Statistical Analysis

    Survivorship analysis was performed with the Kaplan-Meier method12, and the 95% confidence limits were calculated with the Greenwood formula for variance.

    Operative Technique

    Preoperative Planning

    Prior to surgery, an attempt should be made to assess bone loss; however, the extent of bone loss often is greater than that anticipated from the radiographs. Sizing is important, and we found it useful to compare radiographs of both the involved and the contralateral knee with radiographs of the proposed allograft. For defects in the distal part of the femur, it is essential to have an allograft that is smaller than the host bone so that it can be placed within the host cortical shell with its attached collateral ligaments. If there is concern about the extensor mechanism, a proximal tibial allograft with an extensor mechanism attached should be available.
    It is also important to examine the knee to determine the degree of sagittal and coronal instability so that an implant with appropriate constraint can be chosen. All of the senior authors currently use the Total Condylar III prosthesis (TC-III; Johnson and Johnson Orthopaedics) when possible. If the soft-tissue envelope is maintained, a less constraining implant rather than a hinged prosthesis can be used, resulting in decreased forces at the implant-allograft and allograft-host interfaces.

    Allograft Procurement

    The grafts were procured under sterile conditions, according to the protocol of the American Association of Blood Banks13. The bone was deep-frozen at —70°C and irradiated with 25,000 Gy.

    Surgical Technique

    For noncircumferential defects, a femoral-head, partial distal femoral, or partial proximal tibial allograft is used. The structural allograft is fixed to the bone with cancellous screws, and additional fixation is obtained with a long press-fit stem. Cement is used to secure the allograft-implant and host-implant interface but not to enhance stem fixation in the diaphyseal region.
    For circumferential defects, the margins of the host bone are dissected out to reveal the extent of the bone loss. As much residual host bone with soft-tissue attachments as possible is retained. The size and shape of the osseous defect are evaluated, and a replacement construct is fashioned on the back table. Appropriate cuts are made with use of revision total knee arthroplasty instrumentation. A step-cut is made in structurally sound host bone, and the allograft is fashioned to complement the step-cut. A trial reduction is then performed to ensure that there is good approximation of bone at the allograft-host interface. The flexion and extension gaps are then balanced, the construct is satisfactorily externally rotated, and it is verified that the overall alignment of the limb is acceptable. The level of the joint line must be carefully assessed as there is a tendency to translate the joint line with allograft constructs. With a femoral allograft the tendency is to depress the joint line, whereas with a tibial allograft the tendency is to elevate it. The most accurate way to measure the joint line is to measure the distance from the proximal tip of the fibula to the joint line on the radiograph of the normal, contralateral knee. If the patient has undergone a joint replacement on the contralateral side, the joint line should be established 1.5 cm proximal to the tip of the fibula or 2.5 cm distal to the medial epicondyle or at the site of the residual meniscal rim scar.
    The components are then cemented to the allograft on the back table (Fig. 1Fig. 1). Cement is utilized at the implant-allograf­t interface and the stem-allograft interface; however, care should be taken to ensure that no cement is present at the proposed allograft-host interface. In the femur, the cortical shell of bone with its attached collateral ligaments is secured to the construct with cerclage wires or screws to act as a vascularized graft at the host-allograft junction (Figs. 2 and 3). In the tibia, excellent stability is usually obtained with use of the step-cut and insertion of the press-fit stem; however, if there is any doubt, fixation can be augmented with cortical screws. A mixture of morselized autograft and allograft is placed around the allograft and host junction. We do not recommend plate fixation to enhance fixation of the allo­graft8,10, as the multiple drill-holes produce channels in the allograft that may facilitate revascularization and fracture of the graft14. If there is concern regarding the stability of the construct in the femur, plates or cortical struts may be used as a last resort. Plates and screws are not recommended in the proximal part of the tibia because of concerns regarding soft-tissue coverage.

    Postoperative Management

    Patients are managed with a hinged knee brace and are encouraged to initiate early range-of-motion exercises. Only toe-touch weight-bearing is allowed for six weeks, after which the patient progresses to partial weight-bearing, which is continued until there is evidence of union at the allograft-host interface, usually by three months.

    Clinical Results

    Twenty-seven patients with twenty-nine revision knee arthroplasties were evaluated. Preoperatively, the mean knee score (and standard deviation), according to the modified system of The Hospital for Special Surgery, was 32.5 ± 18.95 points (range, 5 to 74 points). Postoperatively, the mean score had increased to 75.6 ± 14.1 points (range, 51 to 98 points). One patient who had undergone bilateral revision knee arthroplasty did not have a 20-point improvement in the score. He had severe psoriatic arthritis and was confined to a wheelchair with both knees fixed at 90°. Radiographically, the allografts had an excellent appearance, with no evidence of resorption or of migration or loosening of the components.
    The mean range of motion was 60.5° ± 32.4° (range, 0° to 120°) preoperatively and 88.6° ± 30.6° (range, 0° to 120°) postoperatively. Extensor lag was not routinely recorded preoperatively. However, an extensor lag ranging from 5° to 30° was noted in eight knees postoperatively. The 30° lag was seen in the patient who had a patellar tendon allograft.
    Preoperatively, fifteen knees had grade-3 instability (that is, opening or translation of at least 1 cm compared with that in the contralateral, normal limb). Stability was provided with a medial-collateral-ligament allograft in one knee and with a constrained implant in the others. Postoperatively, only three knees had grade-3 instability, and in no case was it troublesome for the patient.

    Radiographic Results

    All sixty-six allograft-host interfaces were evaluated for union. Two (3%) had failed to unite. One of the patients with a nonunion had insulin-dependent diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis and had had a periprosthetic fracture. At thirty months, open reduction and internal fixation augmented with bone graft was unsuccessful. A revision allograft procedure was performed at eighty months. The other patient initially underwent a two-stage revision, with use of cortical strut allografts, because of infection. Despite the persistent nonunion, the knee replacement was stable, there was no infection, and the patient had not needed a repeat revision at the time of the latest follow-up.
    The twenty-five patients, with twenty-seven intact knee replacements, who had not had a revision had thirty-five grafts that could be evaluated radiographically for resorption. One proximal tibial graft exhibited moderate resorption, and two demonstrated mild resorption. No femoral graft showed signs of resorption (Figs. 4-A and 4-B).
    The radiographs were analyzed for the presence of progressive radiolucent lines, indicating loosening. No radio­lucent lines were seen about any femoral component. Three knees had nonprogressive radiolucent lines about the tibial component, and one knee had a loose tibial component. All four knees were asymptomatic.

    Repeat Revisions

    Twelve (23%) of the fifty-two knees had a repeat revision. In two repeat revisions, the allograft was retained; however, late flexion instability developed, necessitating an exchange of the polyethylene spacer in one knee and the use of a larger femoral component in the other. In both instances, the allograft was well united to the host bone and was structurally sound. Both patients did well postoperatively. The cases of the patients who had a repeat revision were not reviewed clinically or radiographically.
    Five grafts (three femoral and two tibial) had progressive resorption, resulting in implant migration and loosening. Repeat revision because of resorption was performed at a mean (and standard deviation) of 92.8 42.2 months (range, fifty-seven to 157 months).
    Four knees (8%) failed because of infection. One of them had had a previous infection. Three knees had an additional revision procedure, and one knee had an arthrodesis. The mean time to revision because of infection was 34.25 12.28 months (range, twenty-two to forty-eight months). The remaining patient who required repeat revision had a nonunion and was described above.

    Overall Results

    The revision was considered to have failed in thirteen knees. Ten knees required a repeat revision. Two knees (one patient) did not have a 20-point improvement in The Hospital for Special Surgery knee score, and one knee had a nonunion at the allograft-host junction that had required onlay cortical struts to achieve union. Thus, thirty-nine knees (75%) had a successful result.
    Survivorship analysis with use of Kaplan-Meier methodology showed that the rate of survival of the allografts was 92% (95% confidence interval, 89% to 95%) at five years and 72% (95% confidence interval, 69% to 75%) at ten years. If the five knees lost to follow-up were included as failures, the five-year rate of survival would be unchanged, whereas the ten-year rate of survival would be 67% (95% confidence interval, 51% to 83%) (Fig. 5).
    There is a paucity of information in the literature on the medium to long-term survival of allografts in revision hip and knee arthroplasty. The longest follow-up in the literature on total knee revision, as far as we know, was reported by Engh et al.7, who reviewed the results at a mean of fifty months after use of thirty-five allografts in thirty patients. They reported a satisfactory result in twenty-six (87%) of the thirty patients; however, only six patients had a circumferential defect requiring a whole distal femoral or proximal tibial allograft. In the literature on total hip revision, the longest ­follow-up, to our knowledge, was reported by Gross et al.15, who reviewed the results at a minimum of two years (mean, 4.8 years) after revision with a proximal femoral allograft in 130 patients. They reported a success rate of 85%.
    In 1997, Ghazavi et al.4 reported the results of the use of allograft in thirty revision knee arthroplasties in twenty-eight patients who had been followed for a minimum of twenty-four months (mean, fifty months). The success rate in their study was 77%, with use of the same criteria as those used in the present study. Our study demonstrated a success rate of 75% in a larger number of patients who had been followed, on the average, for an additional four years; this indicates that allograft reconstructions continue to do well after medium-term follow-up. A comparison of the rates of graft survival confirms this observation. In the earlier study, the probability of graft survival was 67% at five years. In our series, with a larger group of patients, the rate of graft survival was 92% (95% confidence interval, 89% to 95%) at five years and 72% (95% confidence interval, 69% to 75%) at ten years.
    Our results are comparable with those reported in the literature on revision knee arthroplasty without allograft. We know of only five studies with a mean follow-up interval of more than five years. Friedman et al.16 described the results at a mean of 5.2 years after use of so-called first-generation revision knee prostheses in 137 knees. Using criteria for success similar to those used in the present study, they reported that 63% (eighty-one) of the 129 knees that had a single revision and 50% (four) of the eight knees that had subsequent revisions had a successful result. The rate of revision at five years was 6% (eight of 137 knees) in their study and 8% (four of fifty-two knees) in our study. Hohl et al.17 evaluated thirty-five knees at a mean of 6.1 years after reconstruction with the Total Condylar III prosthesis (Johnson and Johnson Orthopaedics). Twenty-nine of these reconstructions were revisions. They reported that 71% had a satisfactory result and 9% needed a revision. Mow and Wiedel9 reported the results at 9.8 years after revision with a Porous-Coated Anatomic prosthesis (PCA; Howmedica) in thirty-three knees. Nineteen knees (58%) had a satisfactory knee score according to the system of The Hospital for Special Surgery, and six (18%) had a revision. Gustilo et al.18 reported that forty-one (73%) of fifty-six knees had a satisfactory result after a mean follow-up interval of 8.3 years, and Goldberg et al.19 noted a satisfactory result in twenty-seven (46%) of fifty-nine knees after a mean follow-up interval of five years. In our patients, the use of allograft in the revision total knee procedure did not result in a poorer outcome even though forty-eight defects were circumferential and thirty-one whole distal femoral grafts and seventeen whole proximal tibial grafts had been implanted.
    There is concern that allografts may resorb over time as a result of revascularization by creeping substitution. Five grafts (8%) in the present series failed because of resorption. Thirty-five additional grafts were evaluated radiographically for resorption. None of the femoral grafts showed signs of resorption, one tibial graft demonstrated moderate resorption, and two tibial grafts had evidence of mild resorption. Thus, in the medium term, graft resorption does not seem to be a major problem.
    There is also concern about allograft implantation in the setting of a previous infection. We are not aware of any studies in which allograft implantation has been specifically evaluated in patients with a previous infection around a total knee replacement, although one of us (G.W.B.) and colleagues reported no subsequent infection in three patients who had had a previous infection6. Six of our patients had had an infection around a total knee replacement that was treated with a two-stage revision with an antibiotic-impregnated spacer and a minimum of six weeks of intravenous antibiotic therapy. Only one patient had ongoing infection.
    Nonvascularized allografts serve as an excellent nidus for the growth of organisms5; hence, late infection of an allograft is a concern20. The infection rate of 8% (four of fifty-two knees) in our study is slightly higher than those in series of revision knee arthroplasties without allograft, which have ranged from 0% to 4.5%9,16,19. However, the rate in our series is comparable with those associated with other allograft procedures4,5,7,10,21.
    In summary, our results demonstrate that allograft-knee replacement constructs have a good rate of survival in the medium term. We are cautiously optimistic that this technique will continue to show good results; however, the present cohort of patients will need to be followed to determine whether graft resorption increases with time. We believe that this technique provides a durable option for patients requiring revision total knee arthroplasty in the setting of massive bone loss.
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    +Fig. 1:The component is cemented onto the allograft. Cement is also inserted up to the level of the step-cut.
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    +Fig. 2:The distal femoral allograft construct after implantation.
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    +Fig. 3:The distal femoral allograft construct.
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    +Fig. 4-A:Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs, made nine and one-half years after revision, showing no resorption of the femoral allograft.
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    +Fig. 4-B:Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs, made nine and one-half years after revision, showing no resorption of the femoral allograft.
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    +Fig. 5:Kaplan-Meier survivorship curve showing a 72% rate of survival at ten years for all allografts.
    Anchor for JumpAnchor for JumpTABLE I:  Reason for Allograft Procedure
    Primary Condition of Patient (no. of knees)Loose ImplantInfectionPeriprosthetic FractureTotal
    Osteoarthritis 265?334
    Rheumatoid arthritis?61?613
    Posttraumatic injury?40?1?5
    Total3661052
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    Type of GraftSite of Implantation
    Distal Part of FemurProximal Part of TibiaTotal
    Femoral head?6?410
    Noncircumferential?2?6?8
    Segmental311748
    Total392766
    Parks NL, and Engh GA: Histology of nine structural bone grafts used in total knee arthroplasty. Clin Orthop,1997.345: 17-23, 34517  1997  [PubMed]
     
    Chandler HP: Revision total knee arthroplasty-structural bone grafting: when and how. Orthopedics,1996.19: 797-9, 19797  1996  [PubMed]
     
    Chandler HP: Structural bone grafting about the knee. Orthopedics,1998.21: 1044-5, 211044  1998  [PubMed]
     
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