Management of Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Extensor Mechanism Disruption With Modular Knee Fusion: Clinical and Biomechanical Outcomes

BACKGROUND: Extensor mechanism disruption (EMD) combined with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total knee arthroplasty are life-changing complications. The literature suggests many eventually receive above-knee amputation and lose ambulatory function. An alternative is modular knee fusion...

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Publié dans:Arthroplast Today
Auteurs principaux: Mayes, Wesley H., Severin, Anna C., Mannen, Erin M., Edwards, Paul K., Barnes, C. Lowry, Stambough, Jeffrey B., Mears, Simon C.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Elsevier 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7921710/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33718555
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2020.12.008
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