Radiological difficulty in identifying unicompartmental knee replacement dislocation.
Radiol Case Rep
; 12(3): 549-551, 2017 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-28828124
ABSTRACT
Unicondylar knee replacement is a relatively common elective orthopedic procedure but is not often seen in the Emergency Department setting. Familiarity with normal clinical and radiological appearances is difficult to gain. Dislocation of the mobile bearing component "spacer" is a known complication of unicondylar knee replacements, and these patients will initially present to the accident and Emergency Department. In this setting, an accurate and prompt diagnosis is necessary to appropriately manage the patient's condition. There is normally a radiological challenge in identifying dislocated mobile bearings on plain radiographs. These patients may need to have further imaging, such as a computer tomographic scan to identify the dislocated mobile bearing.
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MEDLINE
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Prognostic_studies
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En
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Radiol Case Rep
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido