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Methods: A total of 150 patients who underwent primary cemented TKA using the same TiNbN-coated mobile-bearing prosthesis were identified through the institutional database. Of these, 102 patients (102 knees) attended the follow-up examination and provided informed consent to participate in this study. All patients underwent comprehensive clinical and radiological assessment. Primary outcomes were the Forgotten Joint Score (FJS) and the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS). Results: After a mean follow-up period of 7.9 years, two revision surgeries were recorded. One revision was performed due to late periprosthetic joint infection, while the other involved synovectomy and liner exchange due to persistent stiffness and pain. At 9 years follow-up, overall survivorship of the TiNbN-coated TKA was 97.1% (95% CI, 88.4\u201399.3%). Mean FJS and KOOS were 70.0 (range 29\u2013100) and 70.6 (range 24\u201398), respectively. No sex-based differences were detected in clinical outcomes or implant survivorship. Conclusions: The TiNbN-coated mobile-bearing knee prosthesis demonstrated favorable mid-term survivorship and patient-reported outcomes. These findings support its use as a treatment option for knee osteoarthritis, with performance comparable to contemporary TKA designs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14186357","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,10]],"date-time":"2025-09-10T08:43:54Z","timestamp":1757493834000},"page":"6357","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Mid-Term Results of a Cemented Titanium\u2013Niobium Nitride-Coated Mobile Knee in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Serdar","family":"Jure","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mislav","family":"\u010cimi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Domagoj","family":"Delimar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1622","DOI":"10.1097\/CORR.0000000000001214","article-title":"Projections of primary TKA and THA in Germany from 2016 through 2040","volume":"478","author":"Rupp","year":"2020","journal-title":"Clin. 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