Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of studies included

From: Clinical outcomes of ceramic femoral prosthesis in total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review

Author, year

Patients

Knees

Age at operation

Type of femur prosthesis

Type of tibial prosthesis

Duration of follow-up (years)

Akagi, 2000 [19]

136

182

68 (39–84)

Alumina

Metal

5.8 (3.9–9.0)

Koshino, 2002 [20]

64

90

59 (38–81)

Alumina

Alumina

4.67 (2.25–8.1)

Laskin, 2003 [21]

73

73

N/A

Zirconia

Metal

2

Bal, 2006 [22]

33

36

59 (29–80)

Zirconia

Metal

2.6 (2–3.3)

Majima, 2008 [23]

110

110

66 (55–77)

Alumina

Metal

5.5 (3–10.3)

Iida, 2012 [24]

80

107

72 (45–86)

Alumina

Metal

5 (1–7)

Innocenti, 2014 [25]

83

87

N/A

Zirconia

Metal

11.3 (10–12.6)

Park, 2014 [26]

67

84

55 (32–75)

Zirconia/niobium

Metal

5.16 (4.25–7.33)

Ahmed, 2015

278

303

68 (45–89)

Zirconia

Metal

9.7 (8.3–11.6)

Bergschmidt, 2015 [27]

107

109

67.8 (52–75)

Alumina/zirconia

Metal

4.08 (0–5)

Bergschmidt, 2016 [28]

21

21

66.9 (38–79)

Alumina/zirconia

Metal

5

Meier, 2016 [29]

28

32

66.87 (46–83)

Alumina/zirconia

Alumina/zirconia

1

Nakamura, 2017 [30]

51

37

72 (45–86)

Alumina

Metal

11.8 (10–13)

Nakamura, 2017 [30]

114

167

68.5 (39–91)

Alumina/yttria

Metal or alumina

18.1 (15–24.7)

Grand total

1245

1438

    
  1. Duration of follow-up was presented as a mean value with range in the brackets. N/A indicated the corresponding data were unavailable