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Knee Fusion for Irretrievably Failed Total Knee Replacement
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Description: Over the past 30 years, the increasing success of total knee arthroplasty has gradually replaced arthrodesis as the procedure of choice in most conditions causing severe joint destruction. Instead of a primary procedure, arthrodesis is now considered a salvage procedure relegated to cases where total knee replacement may he contraindicated, e.g. sepsis, neuropathic joint, and youth, or for an irretrievably failed total knee replacementJerome D. Wiedel, M.D.
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Jerome D. Wiedel, M.D.
Institution: Johns Hopkins
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthrodesis: Knee Fusion
- - OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty
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Added: Thu Mar 13 2008
Last Modified: Sun Sep 27 2009