The multiply-operated total knee replacement patient: salvage options.
review · Level V
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Abstract
Although the vast majority of patients that undergo total knee replacement have satisfactory outcomes with a generally low complication rate, occasionally a patient will be encountered that has had multiple failed surgeries, and now reaches a crossroad as to whether limb salvage will be acceptable or not.
Medical subject headings
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
- Joint Instability
- Knee Joint
- Knee Prosthesis
- Salvage Therapy
Anatomy
- knee