ONE-STAGE RECONSTRUCTION OF SKIN DEFECT AND PATELLAR TENDON-RUPTURE AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY - A NEW TECHNIQUE

Authors
CHIOU HM CHANG MC LO WH
Citation
Hm. Chiou et al., ONE-STAGE RECONSTRUCTION OF SKIN DEFECT AND PATELLAR TENDON-RUPTURE AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY - A NEW TECHNIQUE, The Journal of arthroplasty, 12(5), 1997, pp. 575-579
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical
Journal title
The Journal of arthroplasty → ACNP
ISSN journal
08835403
Volume
12
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
575 - 579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0883-5403(1997)12:5<575:OROSDA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A case is presented herein in which infected total knee arthroplasty a ssociated with a skin defect and patellar tendon rupture was reconstru cted with lateral gastrocnemius-Achilles tendon complex after infectio n was controlled. The results were satisfactory, and the technique pro posed herein is highly promising for treating such complicated circums tances after total knee arthroplasty, as not reported previously.