title: [Difficult cases of total knee arthroplasty].
abstract: We report two difficult cases in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). One is an arthritis mutilans knee with large tibial bone deficiency that required TKA using tibial metal wedge augmentation. Another is a post-traumatic OA knee with varus deformity and rotational malalignment that had TKA by the ROBODOC system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital.
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwata
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000601:surgery*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008670:Metals; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery*; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008670:Metals