The stiff total knee arthroplasty: causes and cures.
Stiffness following TKA can be related to patient factors, intraoperative technical errors, or postoperative surgical complications. The best management is prevention by providing thorough preoperative patient education, aggressive postoperative physiotherapy, and avoidance of technical errors.
Dennis
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Rocky Mountain Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Denver, Colo 80222, USA.
D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012086:Reoperation