Treatment of the exposed knee prosthesis

Authors

  • Sten Bengtson
  • Åke Carlsson
  • Mikael Relander
  • Kaj Knutson
  • Lars Lidgren

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678709146510

Abstract

Ten knees with early tissue breakdown after knee arthroplasty resulting in exposed prostheses were treated with different plastic surgical techniques. Six knees were successfully covered: four using a gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap, one using a fasciocutaneous flap, and one using split-skin grafts. Four knees failed: two using local skin flaps and two using split-skin grafts. A gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap seems to provide a reliable coverage of the exposed knee joint.

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Published

1987-01-01

How to Cite

Bengtson, S., Carlsson, Åke, Relander, M., Knutson, K., & Lidgren, L. (1987). Treatment of the exposed knee prosthesis. Acta Orthopaedica, 58(6), 662–665. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678709146510

Issue

Acta Orthopaedica, Volume 58, Issue 6 (1987)

Section

Articles

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Acta Orthopaedica (Scandinavica) content is available freely online as from volume 1, 1930. The journal owner owns the copyright for all material published until volume 80, 2009. As of June 2009, the journal has however been published fully Open Access, meaning the authors retain copyright to their work. As of June 2009, articles have been published under CC-BY-NC or CC-BY licenses, unless otherwise specified.
 
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