How long does an Oxford knee replacement last?
The Oxford® Knee Replacement is the first implant that can accomplish this task with proven long term success of good or excellent results of 95% at 15 years and beyond.
What is the Oxford knee replacement made of?
The Oxford knee is a unicompartmental implant featuring a mobile-bearing polyethylene component with excellent long-term survivorship results reported by the implant developers and early adopters.
Who invented the Oxford knee replacement?
The Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement (Biomet Orthopedics, Inc, Warsaw, Ind) was designed by John Goodfellow and John O’Connor and was first used in a patient as a unicompartmental device in 1982. The design comprises a spherical metal femoral component and a flat tibial base plate (Figure 1).
What is an Oxford knee?
The Oxford® Partial knee is the first partial implant with an artificial meniscal bearing designed to glide freely throughout the knee’s range of motion, more closely replicating normal movement. The free floating nature of the device potentially provides for a more natural feeling knee.
What is the Oxford partial knee?
The Oxford® Partial Knee implant from Biomet Orthopedics is a partial knee implant designed to repair only one side of the knee (the medial side), making it much smaller than a total knee implant.
What is Oxford knee surgery?
The Oxford Partial Knee is intended for use in individuals with osteoarthritis or avascular necrosis limited to the medial compartment of the knee and is intended to be implanted with bone cement. The Oxford Partial Knee is not indicated for use in the lateral compartment or for patients with ligament deficiency.
What is a partial knee replacement at Oxford University?
Oxford Partial Knee Replacement. The medical portion of the knee is usually affected, and in some rare circumstances, the lateral section of the knee can be as well. The difference between a partial knee replacement vs. a total knee replacement lies in the fact that a partial knee replacement replaces only the affected section of the knee.
What is the Oxford arthroplasty early change score?
The Oxford Arthroplasty Early Change Score (OACS) is a 14 question Patient Reported Assessment measure developed by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences and Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford.
How to become an Oxford PKR trained surgeon?
The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR) found that “increased training of surgeons [on the Oxford PKR] showed improved results.”16 Zimmer Biomet makes it easy for you to become an Oxford PKR Trained Surgeon, through our ongoing lifetime education program. Oxford Partial Knee Advanced Instructional Courses
When were Oxford knee prostheses first used?
The first Oxford knee prostheses, introduced in June 1976, were used in bicompartmental replacement to treat rheumatoid or osteoarthritis (Figure 3). 3,9 At that time, there were no specific indications for the use of the device.
