Navigated Revision Total Knee Replacement
Fig. 61.1 Sensorized surgical tools, used for RTKR navigated surgical procedure: (a) reference arrays to be fixed on the femur and on the tibia to allow the tracking of the…
Osteotomy of the Tibial Tubercle in Total Knee Replacement Revision Surgery
Fig. 57.1 Indication for tibial tubercle osteotomy for patellofemoral correction or to achieve sufficient access to the anterolateral aspect of the knee Especially in revision surgery, when the patellar mobility…
Management of Bone Loss in Revision Total Knee Replacement
Fig. 56.1 AORI classification of bone defects [5] Table 56.1 Classification system according to Clatworthy and Gross Type Severity of bone deficiency Treatment/restoration of joint line I Contained with intact…
Stiffness After Total Knee Replacement
Fig. 21.1 Factors affecting range of motion after total knee replacement 21.2 Patient Factors The patient-related factors that have been reported to negatively affect the result after TKR – particularly…
Exposure for Revision Total Knee Replacement
Fig. 43.1 Lateral curved skin incision to the knee. Swelling and superficial necrosis due to severe hematoma Planning of a revision surgery is even more important than a primary one….
Discussion to Chap. 62: Rare Femoral Periprosthetic Fracture After Complex TKR – Unusual Surgical Solutions
Fig. 1 (a) Long-leg radiographs of the right knee with a non-locked femoral nail in situ. (b) Anteroposterior and lateral lower-leg radiographs showing healed tibial and fibular fractures after a…
Analysis and Treatment of Anterior Knee Pain After Total Knee Replacement
Fig. 53.1 SPECT/CT of a patient identified a lateral sided patellofemoral overloading and progression of OA 53.1 Anatomy of the Knee The size and the shape of the patella show…
Algorithm for Treating Infection After TKR
Fig. 46.1 AP (a) radiograph of infected total knee, lateral (b) radiograph of knee after first stage resection and articulating spacer, and AP (c) x-ray of knee after second stage…
A Practical Approach to Biopsy, Joint Aspiration, and Diagnostic Arthroscopy
Color Turbidity Viscosity Cell count/mm3 Others Normal Amber No High 100 – Chronic polyarthritis Yellow brown, grey Opaque, fluffy Low 5,000–50,000 Rhagocytes +++ Gout Yellow Opaque Low 10,000–20,000 Leukocytes,…
Radiosynoviorthesis in Painful Total Knee Replacement
Indications Relative contraindications Absolute contraindications Reactive arthritis Gravidity and breastfeeding Haemarthrosis Arthritic Lyme disease Chronic pyrophosphate arthropathy [4] Seronegative spondyloarthropathy psoriatic arthropathy [19] Local skin infection at the injection site…
