prosthetic joint infection (pji) is a serious complication of total knee arthroplasty (tka). control of infection after a failed two-stage tka is not always possible, and the resolution of infection may require an above-knee amputation (aka) or a the-knee (kf). the purpose of this review is to determine which treatment method (aka or kf) yields better function and ambulatory status for patients...

Arthrodesis is a salvage procedure for failed total knee arthroplasty with the intent to create a stable, pain-free limb on which to ambulate or transfer. For many patients, the alternative to arthrodesis may be an above-knee amputation. Available techniques for knee arthrodesis include compression plating, external fixators, and intramedullary fixation. The purpose of this study was to report ...

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Control of infection after a failed two-stage TKA is not always possible, and the resolution of infection may require an above-knee amputation (AKA) or a the-knee (KF). The purpose of this review is to determine which treatment method (AKA or KF) yields better function and ambulatory status for patients...

Hip fusion has served well for many years as the surgical procedure of choice to treat painful joints with severe osteoarthritis or tuberculous arthritis. This retrospective study evaluates the long-term results of hip fusion, as far as its impact on the adjacent joints is concerned. Thirty-three patients that underwent hip arthrodesis 26-52 years previously were evaluated. All patients reporte...

PURPOSE To evaluate the pain level and patient satisfaction as well as the fusion and infection eradication rates after knee arthrodesis using a monolateral external fixator for failed septic total knee replacement (TKR). METHODS Records of 10 male and 11 female consecutive patients aged 70 to 88 (mean, 81) years who underwent knee arthrodesis using a monolateral external fixator for failed s...

The irretrievable destruction of the knee due to trauma, tumor or infection is the indication for knee arthrodesis. The main reason for knee arthrodesis in terms of infection ist the infected total knee arthroplasty. Central problem is the definition of the term "irretrievable". It is based on the subjective opinion of the attending physician and depends on his expert knowledge of this specific...

PURPOSE Evaluate the efficacy of using the SIGN nail for instrumented knee fusion. METHODS Six consecutive patients (seven knees, three males) with an average age of 30.5 years (range, 18-50 years) underwent a knee arthrodesis with SIGN nail (mean follow-up 10.7 months; range, 8-14 months). Diagnoses included tuberculosis (two knees), congenital knee dislocation in two knees (one patient), ba...

A 46-year-old female patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome had undergone fusion of her right knee 25 years before presentation. This markedly affected her quality of life. She underwent a two-stage conversion to a constrained rotating-hinge total knee arthroplasty. She regained a satisfying range of motion and she has a painfree, mobile and stable knee at 42 months follow-up. Conversion of knee f...

Arthrodesis of the knee joint is a mainly a salvage surgical procedure performed in cases of infected total knee arthroplasty, tumor, failed knee arthroplasty or posttraumatic complication.The authors report the case of 18-year-old male with posttraumatic complication of left knee because of motorbike accident 1 year before. He was treated immediately after the injury in the local Department of...

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. DOI 10.3109/17453674.2011.584207 Intramedullary compression nails have recently been developed for knee arthrodesis. These implants have given fusion in 90–100% of cas...