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Table 1.

Patients Demographics, Etiology of Primary or Revision Surgery, and Treatment Strategy

    Before 2011 After 2011 Total (n, %) p value
Number (n) Revision Surgery 139 151
Female / Male (n %) 115/2482- 18% 124/2881- 19% 0.79
Revision Age of Patients mean ± SD, CI 63.8 ± 8 64.5 ± 10 -2.9 / 1.4 0.49
BMI (mean ± SD)
Normal, n (%) 52 (37.4) 59 (38.8) 111 (38) 0.07
Overweight, n (%) 84 (60.4) 81 (53.3) 165 (56.7)
  Obese, n (%) 3 (2.2) 12 (7.9) 15 (5.2)
Etiology of Primary Surgery of Revised Knees (n= 291)
Primary (idiopathic) 126 (90%) 141 (92%) 267
Romatoid arthritis 3 2 5
Post-traumatic 7 3 10
Other 3 6 9
  Total (n) 139 152 291  
Etiology of Revision Surgeries
Infection 81 (58%) 73 (48%) 154 (52%) 0.08
Aseptic loosening 29 (20%) 56 (36%) 85 (29%) 0.002
Unresolved pain 11 6 17
Instability 10 6 16
Periprosthetic fracture 5 8 13
Insert fracture 3 3 6
  Total (n) 139 152 291  
Treatment
1 stage 72 104 176 0.004
  2 stage 67 48 115
Implants used during revision
Revision P. 87 (62%) 83 (54%) 167 (58%) 0.16
Constraint Revision P. 28 (20%) 35 (23%) 63 (21%) 0.55
Tumor resection prothesis 0 (0.0 %) 6 (3.9%) 6 (2.1%) NS
Arthrodesis (Ex. Fix. or Nail) 4 (3 %) 3 (2%) 7 (2.4%) 0.6
Insert exchange 8 (6%) 9 (5.9%) 17 (5.9%) 0.9
  Exchange with Primary P. 12 (9%) 16 (10 %) 28 (9.8 %) 0.58 
CI; Confidence interval of mean difference, n; number, SD; Standard Deviation, %; percentile, BMI; Body Mass Index, P; Prothesis, NS; Not studied,