Management of selected problems in revision knee arthroplasty.
In discussing revision arthroplasty, understanding the failure mode is essential to success. In general there are five major categories that one must address in assessing the failed knee replacement: Infection, mechanical problems, extensor mechanism dysfunction, fractures adjacent to the components, and skin problems. These five areas are discussed in this article.
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Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York.
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014945:Wound Healing