Total knee arthroplasty revision risks depending on the bone cement used-Data from 50,545 knee replacements of the Catalan Arthroplasty Registry

Abstract

Clinical data on individual bone cement brands and viscosities in cemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is scarce. The Catalan arthroplasty registry (RACat) documents usage of cement brands including viscosities and the inclusion of antibiotics. The objective was to compare the clinical performance of the widely used bone cement brand PALACOS® to other blinded bone cement brands in TKA using data from the RACat.

Patient data on 50,545 primary TKA between 2007 and 2017 in the RACat were analysed retrospectively. Implant survival of PALACOS bone cement was compared to other blinded bone cement brand groups using the all-cause revision risk as primary study endpoint.

Comparing implant survival, it was found that (1) PALACOS® (with or without gentamicin) was associated with a significantly lower revision risk compared to other cement brands (with or without antibiotics) (

Type of cement brand, viscosity and the addition of antibiotics have an impact on revision risk of TKA. Medium viscosity cement with gentamicin (PALACOS MV+G), for which no clinical data were previously available, was associated with the lowest revision risk in TKA.

Level III, retrospective comparative study.