Custom-made rotating hinge total knee replacement in a patient with congenital tibial deficiency avoids the need for amputation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report a unique case of a patient with type 2 congenital tibial deficiency and disabling knee osteoarthritis in whom a custom-made rotating hinge knee replacement was successfully performed, allowing continued mobilisation with a below-knee prosthesis, thereby avoiding the need for an above-knee amputation. Level of evidence Therapeutic study, Level IV.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Knee Joint
- Knee Prosthesis
- Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
- Tibia
Anatomy
- knee
- tibia