Patients with Intolerance Reactions to Total Knee Replacement: Combined Assessment of Allergy Diagnostics, Periprosthetic Histology, and Peri-implant Cytokine Expression Pattern
Table 1
Patients characteristics.
Sex
Age (years)
Tissue from
Implant survival (month)
Group I (revision surgery, patch test+, LTT+)
7 m 4 f
ø59.0 (37–75)
Knee
ø25.7 (6–30)
Group II (revision surgery, patch test−, LTT+)
7 m 2 f
ø64.2 (53–71)
Knee
ø28.0 (12–60)
Group III (revision surgery, patch test−, LTT−)
2 m 3 f
Ø69.8 (59–75
Knee
Ø23.4 (7–42)
OA-control Group (gonarthrosis before arthroplasty)
1 m 11 f
69.2 (52–89)
Knee
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PT-control Group (patch test+ biopsies) (patch test− biopsies)