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KMID : 0388420020120010115
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Konkuk Journal of Medical Sciences
2002 Volume.12 No. 1 p.115 ~ p.121
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Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Group of Patients over than 80 Years of Ages
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Kim Kyu-Hyun
Kho Duk-Hwan
Lim Sin-Woo
Kim Dong-Heon
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Abstract
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Purpose : The purpose of this study is whether total knee arthroplasty would be an effective procedure in the group over than eighty year-old patients.
Materials and Methods : Between 1990 and 2001, 54 cases of the patients who are older than 80 year-old(group A) and 456 cases of the patients who are less than 80 year-old(group B) were treated by* total knee arthroplasties and we evaluated the patients by Knee Score of American Knee Society and daily activity.
Results : Pain was markedly improved in group A, and 30 of the patients(79%) participate the recreational activities, 32 parients(84%) could shop gloceries after surgery, and only 5 patients(13%) living in the house are neccessary for their family members. The mean knee score was 92 points and 91 points, pain score was 43 points in group A and 39 points in group B, and function score was 61 points in group A and 68 points in group B.
Conclusion : Total knee arthroplasty still is a valuable procedure even for this elderly group, and most of these patients returned to a more functional lifestyle.
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KEYWORD
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Knee arthritis, total knee arthroplasty, older than 80 years t Coresponding author
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