Reviews of the Stryker Triathlon Total Knee Replacement ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2010年9月16日—TheTriathlonkneesystemwaslaunchedin2005byStrykerasasingleradius,highflexionkneereplacementsystem.Otherfeaturesincluded ...

The Triathlon knee system was launched in 2005 by Stryker as a single radius, high flexion knee replacement system. Other features included better anthropomorphic fit and Orthonomic instrumentation (orthopaedic and ergonomic). At the time, Stryker had a number of knee systems on the market including the Kinemax and the Scorpio systems. Cruciate sparing, cruciate substituting, revision designs and a rotating platform version have all since become available. This review concerns the cruciate retaining, fixed platform design with which I have most experience (over 150 knees). I have also been a regular user of the PFC Sigma knee.

The femoral and tibial components are cobalt-chrome. In recent years X3 polyethylene (Stryker’s cross-linked polyethylene) has become available and has become standard in our centre.

The instruments come in three trays, and are well-presented and relatively easy to us...