Fig. 27.1 (a) Standing anterior-posterior radiograph of an obese patient with a pendulous fatty panniculus following massive weight loss . (b and c) Photographs demonstrating redundant skin overhanging the patella…
Fig. 24.1. Heterotopic ossification is seen in the extensor mechanism and can limit flexion of the knee. Limited surgical dissection in the suprapatellar pouch may potentially avoid this complication However,…
Symptom Yes No 1. Pain 2. Swelling 3. Instability 4. Stiffness 5. Clicking 6. Progressive deformity 7. Grinding 8. Catching 9. Redness 10. Drainage 11. Fevers – – – –…
Fig. 7.1 Disrupting the cement-metal interface of a femoral component with an osteotome. The goal is to debond the implant from the cement first and then to remove remaining cement…
94 insert wear with lysis (most implanted in mid-1990s) 37 insert wear with synovitis 8 insert wear without symptoms 32 late metastatic infections 13 stiffness (8 treated with arthroscopy) 9…
Fig. 11.1 a Anteroposterior and b lateral radiographs of the right knee showing hardware failure, shortening and varus The patient was evaluated and found only to have hepatitis C. The patient…
Fig. 1.1 Patient with right ankle injury treated with open reduction and internal fixation of fibula and closed treatment of distal tibia fracture. Referred for nonunion after progressive deformity developed. a–c…
Fig. 15.1 31-year-old male who suffered a moped accident with an isolated complex open intraarticular distal tibia and fibula fracture. He underwent staged management and with debridement and spanning external fixation,…
Open fracture Age Smoking Alcohol NSAIDs Nutritional deficiency Prior radiation Endocrinopathies Infection 13.2.1 Mechanical Instability may cause excessive motion at the fracture site, which encourages stem cells to differentiate into…
Fig. 2.1 Primary healing with absolute stability. The patient is a 26-year-old woman who was struck by a motor vehicle and sustained a Grade III open right distal tibia fracture. a…
