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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 83:1312-1316 (2001)
© 2001 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS, Gavan P. Duffy, MD and Robert T. Trousdale, MD

Investigation performed at the Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
Gavan P. Duffy, MD
Robert T. Trousdale, MD
Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail address for R.T. Trousdale: trousdale.robert{at}mayo.edu

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.

Background: Ankylosing spondylitis is a seronegative spondyloarthropathy that primarily affects the sacroiliac joints, spine, hips, and, less commonly, the knee joints. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results in a consecutive group of patients with ankylosing spondylitis who underwent total knee arthroplasty.

Methods: The results of thirty total knee arthroplasties in twenty patients with ankylosing spondylitis were reviewed. There were seventeen men and three women, with an average age of fifty-five years (range, twenty-eight to sixty-seven years) at the time of the arthroplasty. The diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis was established preoperatively with use of the New York criteria. All patients received a cemented condylar-type implant. The average duration of follow-up was 11.2 years (range, three to sixteen years).

Results: The average Knee Society pain score improved from 14 points preoperatively to 76.3 points at the time of the latest follow-up. The improvement in the average Knee Society function score was less impressive, with an increase from 16.3 points preoperatively to 58.7 points at the time of the latest follow-up. The average arc of motion was 84.8° prior to the arthroplasty and 86.7° at the time of the final follow-up. Six knees (20%) had heterotopic bone formation. Three knees required manipulation under anesthesia because of poor motion postoperatively. There was one revision, due to loosening of a patellar component. All other components were radiographically stable at the time of the latest follow-up.

Conclusions: Total knee arthroplasty with cement in patients with ankylosing spondylitis provided excellent pain relief and durable fixation at an average of 11.2 years postoperatively. However, patients with ankylosing spondylitis are at increased risk for the development of stiffness and heterotopic bone formation.


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