Salvage of total knee arthroplasty with local fasciocutaneous flaps.
Six patients who had delayed healing of the wound after total knee replacement were treated by appropriate débridement and restoration of soft-tissue coverage with local fasciocutaneous flaps. This procedure was successful; deep infection and failure of the arthroplasty did not develop in any patient.
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Allentown Hospital, Pennsylvania.
D000368:Aged; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply; D012086:Reoperation; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing