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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 61, Issue 2 181-185, Copyright © 1979 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

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Arthrodesis of the knee following failed total knee arthroplasty

MP Brodersen, RH Fitzgerald, LF Peterson, MB Coventry and RS Bryan

In forty-five patients, who had an arthrodesis because of failed total knee arthroplasty, the cause was infection in forty, instability in two, failure of the prosthesis in two, and loosening in one. The arthrodesis succeeded in twenty-nine (81%) of thirty-six patients who had had a minimally or partially constrained arthroplasty and in five (56%) of nine who had had a hinge-type prosthesis inserted. The reasons for failure were severe bone loss, persistent sepsis, and loss of bone apposition after manipulation. The technique of arthrodesis did not seem to influence the final result. External fixation most commonly had to be used because of the infections and the device was kept in place for an average of ten weeks, after which immobilization in a cast was used until the arthrodesis healed.
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