What would you do? Case challenges in knee surgery.
These knee arthroplasty cases were presented to a panel of surgeon and they represent classic clinical problems: (1) indications for unicompartmental arthroplasty; (2) total knee arthroplasty after a high tibial osteotomy complicated by infection and extensor mechanism rupture; (3) neuropathic arthropathy; (4) posttraumatic osteoarthritis with extraarticular deformity; (5) degenerative arthritis in the young patient; (6) osteoarthritis with a valgus deformity, fixed flexion contracture, degenerative scoliosis, and leg length discrepancy.
Vince
Kelly G
KG
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
Cameron
Hugh U
HU
Hungerford
David S
DS
Laskin
Richard S
RS
Ranawat
Chitranjan S
CS
Scuderi
Giles R
GR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000601:surgery; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016916:Joint Deformities, Acquired / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000601:surgery; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013396:Suction