| Literature DB >> 3632315 |
K Knahr, M Böhler, P Frank, H Plenk, M Salzer.
Abstract
Follow-up examinations of 67 implants of cement-free ceramic sockets show the need for an exact definition of failure, to warrant comparable evaluations of results. Statistical survival analysis offers the possibility of presenting both the incidence of failures and the dates of their occurrence. If only revision surgery with removal of the socket is considered to be a failure, our material shows the "survival quota" of the ceramic socket after 8 years to be 96.7% +/- 2.2%. If radiological signs of loosening are included in the evaluation of failures, the "survival quota" of the stable implants is reduced to 81.9% +/- 6.9%.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3632315 DOI: 10.1007/BF00454337
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Orthop Trauma Surg ISSN: 0344-8444