Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty
Two cases of dislocation of total knee arthroplasty presented to us within the same week. The first patient is a 71-year-old woman who underwent bilateral primary total knee arthroplasty. The left knee dislocated three weeks after the surgery. Due to failure of conservative measures, she underwent r...
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| author | Wazir, N.N. Shan, Y. Mukundala, V.V. Gunalan, R. |
| author_facet | Wazir, N.N. Shan, Y. Mukundala, V.V. Gunalan, R. |
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| description | Two cases of dislocation of total knee arthroplasty presented to us within the same week. The first patient is a 71-year-old woman who underwent bilateral primary total knee arthroplasty. The left knee dislocated three weeks after the surgery. Due to failure of conservative measures, she underwent revision total knee arthroplasty. The other patient is a 72-year-old woman presenting ten years after primary total knee arthroplasty, with a traumatic dislocation of the knee joint. She was treated as an outpatient with closed manipulative reduction. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-6282014-10-27T06:18:50Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/628/ Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty Wazir, N.N. Shan, Y. Mukundala, V.V. Gunalan, R. R Medicine (General) Two cases of dislocation of total knee arthroplasty presented to us within the same week. The first patient is a 71-year-old woman who underwent bilateral primary total knee arthroplasty. The left knee dislocated three weeks after the surgery. Due to failure of conservative measures, she underwent revision total knee arthroplasty. The other patient is a 72-year-old woman presenting ten years after primary total knee arthroplasty, with a traumatic dislocation of the knee joint. She was treated as an outpatient with closed manipulative reduction. Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association 2007-05 Article PeerReviewed Wazir, N.N. and Shan, Y. and Mukundala, V.V. and Gunalan, R. (2007) Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty. Singapore Medical Journal, 48 (5). pp. 138-40. ISSN 0037-5675, DOI 17453086. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17453086 17453086 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Wazir, N.N. Shan, Y. Mukundala, V.V. Gunalan, R. Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| title | Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| title_full | Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| title_fullStr | Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| title_short | Dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| title_sort | dislocation after total knee arthroplasty |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
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