Marmor's method of hemi-arthroplasty of the knee in arthritic genu varum or genu valgum
Idema, W.L.; Jansen, B.R.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 133(14): 728-731
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-2162 PMID: 2716900 Document Number: 342195
During the period 1976-1986 the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis in Delft performed 51 hemicompartmental resurfacing arthroplasties using the Marmor modular knee on 44 patients with moderate to serious degrees of genu varum/valgum arthroticum. This procedure gave a good result in 75% of the cases. The short period of hospitalisation was advantageous to the patients, whose average age was 71 years. When hemicompartmental osteoarthritis exists and corrective osteotomy is not indicated, hemicompartmental arthroplasty is considered preferable to a total knee procedure.