Total Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique
Fig. 2.1 Optimal exposure algorithm in revision total knee arthroplasty (RTKA) 2.2.1 Skin Incision We must use the previous incision, avoiding close parallel incisions and skin bridges of >7 cm…
Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Complications and Results
Intraoperative complications Acute perioperative complications Late postoperative complications Malleolar fracture (medial or lateral) Prosthetic dislocation Loosening and subsidence of talar or tibial component Distal tibial shaft fracture Wound dehiscence Pain …
Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Epidemiology and Causes
Author Year Design Rate Comments Prissel and Roukis [1] 2013 STAR 10.7% No comments Labek et al. [4] 2013 Multiple designs 10% (40% for aseptic loosening) Registry data from Sweden,…
Total Hip Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique
Fig. 5.1 Algorithm for the evaluation of a painful total hip arthroplasty (THA). ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP C-reactive protein; WBC White blood cell count 5.3.2.2 Radiographic Evaluation The radiographic…
Total Elbow Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique
Fig. 11.1 Elbow resection due to infection with a good result: (a) anteroposterior (AP) and lateral view of resection arthroplasty; (b) flexion and (c) extension range of motion at final…
Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique
Fig. 14.1 (a) Anteroposterior radiograph showing loosening of a Ramses model prosthesis. (b) A replacement was performed by Agility prosthesis. It is one of the first revision surgeries performed by…
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Epidemiology and Causes
Fig. 7.1 In these images, the picture on the right shows an early glenoid component loosening, 1 year after the index procedure (picture on the left). A guided aspiration was obtained,…
Total Knee Arthroplasty: Epidemiology and Causes
Fig. 1.1 (a–f) A 74-year-old woman had a TKA implanted in her left knee 9 months earlier due to very painful idiopathic osteoarthritis. She went to the Emergency Department (ED) because…
Total Hip Arthroplasty: Epidemiology and Causes
Registry (year) Sweden (1979) Finland (1980) Norway (1987) Denmark (1995) Australia (1999) NJR (2002) THA primaries 267,714 206,379 190,298 149,154 437,863 992,090 THA revisions 24,447 40,649 31,515 23,430 66,467 27,605…
Total Knee Arthroplasty: Complications and Results
Authors Complications Complication rate Smith et al. [6] Infection (24%), aseptic loosening (7%), periprosthetic fracture (5%) 63% Baier et al. [7] Infection (4%), aseptic loosening (6%), arthrofibrosis (7%), patellar complication…
