Custom-made rotating hinge total knee replacement in a patient with congenital tibial deficiency avoids the need for amputation.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
; 20(12): 2476-9, 2012 Dec.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22349542
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.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tibia
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Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
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Osteoarthritis, Knee
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Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital
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Knee Joint
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Knee Prosthesis
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
Journal subject:
MEDICINA ESPORTIVA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom