Fig. 1 (a) One-year follow-up after fenestration (arrow) of the distal femur and medullary reaming of the whole femur. Patella baja resulting from the accident in the childhood and a…
Fig. 45.1 Long leg X-rays show lateral opening of the joint space and lateral thrust during walking Instability may occur during surgery due to accidental damage of soft tissues. Late…
Fig. 54.1 Limited constrained condylar knee prosthesis, LCCK (Zimmer®, Warsawa, IL USA) Fig. 54.2 Posterior stabilized high flex total knee prosthesis (Zimmer®, Warzawa, IL USA) CCK TKR design guides knee…
Fig. 1 MRI of the right knee confirmed the diagnosis of a predominantly medial osteoarthritis For this indication a medial unicondylar knee replacement (UKR) was performed. As the medial-sided pain…
Fig. 33.1 (a) Wear-induced synovitis (Type I) in hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining (magnification ×100) and (b) under polarized light. The synovial tissue is characterized of macrophages and polynucleus giant cells. PE…
Fig. 42.1 Illustration showing a suprapatellar soft tissue mass, which results from sustained irritation of the quadriceps tendon on the upper edge of the intercondylar box. The soft tissue can…
Fig. 55.1 Hinged knee implants. (a) Rotating hinged knee Endo-Model® (LINK); (b) pure hinged knee Endo-Model® (LINK) 55.2 Clinical Outcome Revision TKR is a domain of constrained and hinged TKR….
Fig. 1 AP (a) and lateral (b) view of the right knee. Femoral and tibial TKR components are uncemented. The lateral view (b) showed a patella baja and aseptic loosening…
Fig. 44.1 The most challenging problem is when the insertions of ligaments or tendons or the ligaments themselves are affected by osteolytic processes [1] An underestimated problem deals with the…
Organism Percentage (%) Staphylococcus aureus 41.7 Staphylococcus epidermidis 16.5 Mixed flora 15.4 Streptococcus sp. 4.7 Enterococcus 2.8 Escherichia coli 1.7 Pseudomonas 1.4 Diphtheroids (Corynebacterium) 1.4 Pneumococcus 1.1 Proteus sp. 1.1…
