Total Knee Arthroplasty After Ipsilateral Below-knee Amputation: A Review of the Literature and Surgical Techniques

Total Knee Arthroplasty After Ipsilateral Below-knee Amputation: A Review of the Literature and Surgical Techniques

Patients with knee osteoarthritis in the setting of ipsilateral below-knee amputation present a challenge in terms of patient positioning, intraoperative assistance, implant alignment, postoperative rehabilitation, and prosthesis adjustment. This is a report of a patient with a history of below-knee...

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Main Authors: Katherine Dong, MD, Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, MD, MSc, Molly Hartzler, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-08-01
Series:Arthroplasty Today
Subjects:
Osteoarthritis
Total knee arthroplasty
Below knee amputation
Prosthetics
Rehabilitation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344122000905

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