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3819415

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Arthrodesis remains the procedure of choice for salvage of an infected total knee arthroplasty in patients with relatively minor preprosthetic arthroplasty disability. Patients with very severe preprosthetic disability resulting from multiarticular disease or other systemic disease may be treated best by a resection arthroplasty. Systemic sepsis can be eliminated in almost all patients, and drainage can be eliminated in most. Those patients who find the stability of a resection arthroplasty inadequate for their needs can have a secondary arthrodesis performed with an intramedullary rod, which yields a high probability of success. External immobilization is not necessary. The advantages of a two-stage arthrodesis are that it is an elective procedure, performed in a limb free of sepsis. The patient has been psychologically prepared for the arthrodesis, and the two-stage procedure has a high probability of success. Neither the underlying diagnosis, nor the infecting organism, nor the type of infected prosthesis is a reliable predictor of success or failure of either a resection arthroplasty or a second-stage arthrodesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0065-6895
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
283-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Resection arthroplasty: an alternative to arthrodesis for salvage of the infected total knee arthroplasty.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article