Retrospective Study
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World J Orthop. Dec 18, 2017; 8(12): 922-928
Published online Dec 18, 2017. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v8.i12.922
Evaluation of 1031 primary titanium nitride coated mobile bearing total knee arthroplasties in an orthopedic clinic
Stefan J M Breugem, Jeroen Linnartz, Inger Sierevelt, Jon D Bruijn, Marcel J M Driessen
Stefan J M Breugem, Jeroen Linnartz, Jon D Bruijn, Marcel J M Driessen, Orthopedium, Orthopedic Clinic, Delft 2616 LS, The Netherlands
Inger Sierevelt, Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam 1066 EC, The Netherlands
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this article; Breugem SJM and Linnartz J wrote the paper, analysed the data; Sierevelt I evaluated the data, performed a critical review and did the final approval; Breugem SJM, Bruijn JD and Driessen MJM designed the study and performed the critical revision and editing and performed the final approval of the final version.
Institutional review board statement: This was not necessary seeing that is a retrospective case series.
Informed consent statement: All the patients included in the study gave an informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest. No financial support.
Data sharing statement: The authors are willing to share the data of the present study.
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Correspondence to: Stefan J M Breugem, MD, PhD, Orthopedium, Orthopedic Clinic, Olof Palmesstraat 20, Delft 2616 LS, The Netherlands. sbreugem@orthopedium.nl
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Received: August 5, 2017
Peer-review started: August 7, 2017
First decision: September 4, 2017
Revised: October 25, 2017
Accepted: November 10, 2017
Article in press: November 10, 2017
Published online: December 18, 2017
Core Tip

Core tip: The titanium nitride coated, mobile bearing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) results are excellent and similar to those of other widely used TKA designs.