Table 5 Failures
Paper | Failures/patients | M/L | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Actifit | Leroy [19] | 3/15 (16.7%) | 3/0 | Removal of implant |
Dhollander [20] | 14/44 (31.8%) | 8/6 | Three removals of the scaffold, five conversions to a meniscal transplant, four converted to UKR, two converted to TKR | |
Toanen [16] | 23/137 (16.8%) | NR | Ten scaffolds broke, seven were converted to meniscal allografts, four converted to UKR, two converted to TKR | |
Monllau [22] | 3/32 (9.4%) | NR | Removal of scaffold | |
Filardo [23] | 1/16 (6.3%) | NR | Need for re-operation due to symptoms related to index defect | |
Total | 44/244 (18.0%) | |||
CMI | Zaffagnini [19] | 2/17 (11.8%) | 2/0 | Re-operation |
Steadman [20] | 0/8 (0%) | n/a | Complications related to implant | |
Zaffagnini [21] | 0/8 (0%) | n/a | Not recorded | |
Bulgheroni [22] | NR | n/a | Not recorded | |
Bulgheroni [23] | 2/34 (5.9%) | 2/0 | Implant failure, or dissolved | |
Monllau [24] | 2/25 (8%) | 2/0 | Infection or mechanical failure of implant | |
Total | 6/92 (6.5%) | |||
NUsurface | McKeon [9] | 11/65(16.9%) | 11/0 | Further surgery: three device repositioning, three replacement of device, two removals, one UKA, two unplanned arthroscopies |