Closure in Knee Replacement Surgery

Total Knee replacement (TKR) is one of the commonest arthroplasty surgeries performed. Various techniques of closures in TKR are described. This technical note describes an useful technique of achieving water tight closure in TKR. An optimal tension watertight closure also reduces the chances of dea...

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Autor principal: Kharat, Kiran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2012
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Technical Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27298872
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description Total Knee replacement (TKR) is one of the commonest arthroplasty surgeries performed. Various techniques of closures in TKR are described. This technical note describes an useful technique of achieving water tight closure in TKR. An optimal tension watertight closure also reduces the chances of dead space hematomas and infection. The author has described his technique where the soft tissues are never unduly compromised. In his experience the patient can be mobilized freely in bed and even allowed to sleep prone after first wound check.
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spelling pubmed-47218862016-06-13 Closure in Knee Replacement Surgery Kharat, Kiran J Orthop Case Rep Technical Note Total Knee replacement (TKR) is one of the commonest arthroplasty surgeries performed. Various techniques of closures in TKR are described. This technical note describes an useful technique of achieving water tight closure in TKR. An optimal tension watertight closure also reduces the chances of dead space hematomas and infection. The author has described his technique where the soft tissues are never unduly compromised. In his experience the patient can be mobilized freely in bed and even allowed to sleep prone after first wound check. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC4721886/ /pubmed/27298872 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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