title: [Compression arthrodesis of the knee joint].
abstract: The results of 42 cases of compression arthrodesis of the knee joint during a 5.5 years period are reviewed. Main indications were degenerative, rheumatoid and posttraumatic arthrosis and tuberculosis of the knee joint. Other differential indications and the operative procedure following the Charnley-Müller method are described. The complications - pseudarthrosis, infection, false rotation - are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery; D001174:Arthrodesis / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery; D011312:Pressure; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000601:surgery; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000601:surgery; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Die Resektions-Kompressions-Arthrodese des Kniegelenks