What is a total knee prosthesis

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classification of total knee prostheses

unicompartmetal total knee

tricompartmental total knee

posterior stabilized total knee

cemented / cementless total knee

mobile and fixed bearing

materials for total knee / incongruent joint surfaces

There is no such total knee joint prosthesis that can mimic the complicated forms of surfaces of the knee joint and the “fuzzy biomechanics” of a healthy knee joint. Every total knee joint prosthesis is thus a compromise, that mimic only certain characteristics of the natural knee joint. The classification of total knee prostheses is equally “fuzzy”. (more…)