RESULTS OF REVISION TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANT BONE DEFICIENCY

Authors
RORABECK CH SMITH PN
Citation
Ch. Rorabeck et Pn. Smith, RESULTS OF REVISION TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN THE FACE OF SIGNIFICANT BONE DEFICIENCY, The Orthopedic clinics of North America, 29(2), 1998, pp. 361
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
The Orthopedic clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00305898
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-5898(1998)29:2<361:RORTKA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In the case of primary total knee arthroplasty, the goals of revision knee arthroplasty are restoration of the joint line to as near as poss ible to the normal state, correct anatomic alignment of the components , and a satisfactorily stable and desireable construct. This article d iscusses the problems of the multiply-operated knee, and offers guidel ines for future management.