The multiply-operated total knee replacement patient: salvage options.
Although the vast majority of patients that undergo total knee replacement have satisfactory outcomes with a generally low complication rate, occasionally a patient will be encountered that has had multiple failed surgeries, and now reaches a crossroad as to whether limb salvage will be acceptable or not.
Orlando Regional Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1222 S. Orange Ave. Orlando, Florida 32806, USA.
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Orlando Regional Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1222 S. Orange Ave. Orlando, Florida 32806, USA.
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Petrie
Orlando Regional Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 1222 S. Orange Ave. Orlando, Florida 32806, USA.
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D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012086:Reoperation; D016879:Salvage Therapy / Q000379:methods*
Extensor allograft; Revision; Salvage; Total knee arthroplasty; Total knee replacement