RESUMO
Between February 1982 and December 1985, 133 knees in 107 patients were replaced with a cemented Johnson-Elloy (Accord) total knee arthroplasty. Thirty-five knees were lost during the follow-up period because of death in 29, revision in 3, infection in 1, and refusal of follow-up evaluation in 2. The results of the remaining 98 knees in 76 patients with a 5-8 year follow-up period are presented. The procedure was carried out in all cases presenting for surgery, irrespective of pathology and degree of deformity. The range of flexion achieved as a mean of 93.5 degrees in the osteoarthritic group and 100 degrees in the rheumatoid arthritic group. Eighty-seven percent of the osteoarthritic group and 95% of the rheumatoid arthritic group achieved between 10 degrees and 50 degrees of rotation at 90 degrees of flexion, which was maintained for the duration of the study. Adequate stability in both groups, valgus-varus and rotation in extension, and anteroposterior in flexion was achieved. Survivorship was 97.7% at 80 months.