Femoral Bone Plug in Total Knee Replacement.
The intramedullary alignment guides used in total knee replacement disrupt the intramedullary vessels, resulting in greater postoperative blood loss. The use of an autologous bone plug to seal the intramedullary femoral canal has been shown to be effective in reducing postoperative bleeding. The authors present a simple technique to create a bone plug from the anterior chamfer femoral cut to perfectly seal the intramedullary canal of the femur.
Ettore
E
Vulcano
Gianmarco M V
GM
Regazzola
Luigi
L
Murena
Mario
M
Ronga
Paolo
P
Cherubino
Michele F
MF
Surace
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous