The use of fascia lata and bone allograft for uncontained defects in revision knee arthroplasty.
One of the possibilities in the reconstruction of severe bone loss in revision total knee arthroplasty is impaction bone grafting with support of a mesh. We report the use of a fascia lata allograft as a biological mesh for keeping involved impacted bone graft in one case of uncontained tibial bone defects.
Maculé
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Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
Segur
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Vilalta
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Suso
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D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005206:Fascia Lata / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D013977:Tibia / Q000601:surgery*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous