CASE STUDY A 66-year-old woman underwent a primary total knee arthroplasty for advanced osteoarthritis of her right knee. Four years after the index arthroplasty, she sustained a closed, displaced, comminuted,…
CASE STUDY A healthy, 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with complaints of increased right knee redness, warmth, swelling, and pain 3 weeks after undergoing a primary right total…
Metaphyseal Fixation Adam A. Sassoon, MD Arlen D. Hanssen, MD Introduction Management of severe bone loss is one of many challenges during revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The restoration of a metaphyseal…
CASE STUDY Case 1 A 72-year-old woman underwent a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for primary osteoarthritis that was revised to a hinged TKA 12 years later because of loosening. Twelve…
Impaction Bone Grafting Leo A. Whiteside, MD Chapter Preview Chapter Synopsis Repair and reconstruction of a failed total knee arthroplasty (TKA) should begin with a plan that includes conservative treatment of…
CASE STUDY A 57-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to our clinic for consultation. He had undergone right total knee arthroplasty 3 years earlier at…
Algorithm The following is a classification scheme and treatment algorithm for periprosthetic patella fractures: Chapter Preview Periprosthetic patella fractures are a rare complication after primary total knee arthroplasty. The cause…
CASE STUDY A 55-year-old woman presented to the office with persistent anterior knee pain and swelling after a revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) performed 1 year earlier. She reported some…
CASE STUDY A 66-year-old woman presented with a painful, unstable left total knee arthroplasty. She had undergone many prior procedures, including two revision arthroplasties, and during the past 2 years,…
Introduction In his 1920 commentary in the British Journal of Surgery , Lord Berkeley Moynihan commented, “Every operation in surgery is an experiment in bacteriology.” What the renowned surgeon was…
