title: One-stage débridement and knee fusion for infected total knee arthroplasty using the hybrid frame.
abstract: In 1997 and 1998, a hybrid fixator was used for a one-step arthrodesis in 2 cases of infected total knee arthroplasty. One patient had rheumatoid arthritis, and the other had an infected reimplant arthroplasty. Neither patient was a candidate for reimplantation. Fusions were achieved with the hybrid frame in an average of 10 weeks. All signs of local and systemic infections were eliminated. After 24 months for patient 1 and 37 months for patient 2, both are infection-free and ambulatory without the aid of a wheelchair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, DePaul Medical Center, Bridgeton, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Jacques S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: VanRyn
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Verebelyi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods*; D016267:External Fixators; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome