Tips of the Trade #12. Protection of the extensor mechanism insertion during total knee replacement.
Two tips are presented that should help make avulsion of the infrapatellar ligament unlikely in two settings in which this serious complication is common: knee replacement in obese patients and total knee revisions.
Worland
R L
RL
Orthopaedic Specialist Ltd., Richmond, Virginia.
Jessup
D E
DE
D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods