Soft-Tissue Expansion beforeTotal Knee Arthroplasty:A Report of Two Cases

INTRODUCTION: Wound complications are a feared complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Furthermore, it is important to avoid underestimation in the pre-operative planning as it may lead to catastrophic TKA failure. Soft-tissue expansion (STE) has been indicated when insufficient or ina...

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Autores principales: Piuzzi, Nicolas S., Costantini, Julián, Carbo, Lisandro, Makino, Arturo, Boretto, Jorge G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30687655
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1140
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author Piuzzi, Nicolas S.
Costantini, Julián
Carbo, Lisandro
Makino, Arturo
Boretto, Jorge G.
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description INTRODUCTION: Wound complications are a feared complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Furthermore, it is important to avoid underestimation in the pre-operative planning as it may lead to catastrophic TKA failure. Soft-tissue expansion (STE) has been indicated when insufficient or inadequate soft-tissue coverage is present before TKA as an alternative to optimize soft-tissue management. CASE REPORT: We report two cases in which we performed, previous to TKA, a prophylactic skin expansion around the knee. CONCLUSION: STE technique to expand the available tissue for closure and healing after TKA is a valuable tool in the treatment arsenal, which can be implemented by orthopedic surgeons.
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spelling pubmed-63435652019-01-26 Soft-Tissue Expansion beforeTotal Knee Arthroplasty:A Report of Two Cases Piuzzi, Nicolas S. Costantini, Julián Carbo, Lisandro Makino, Arturo Boretto, Jorge G. J Orthop Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Wound complications are a feared complication following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Furthermore, it is important to avoid underestimation in the pre-operative planning as it may lead to catastrophic TKA failure. Soft-tissue expansion (STE) has been indicated when insufficient or inadequate soft-tissue coverage is present before TKA as an alternative to optimize soft-tissue management. CASE REPORT: We report two cases in which we performed, previous to TKA, a prophylactic skin expansion around the knee. CONCLUSION: STE technique to expand the available tissue for closure and healing after TKA is a valuable tool in the treatment arsenal, which can be implemented by orthopedic surgeons. Indian Orthopaedic Research Group 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6343565/ /pubmed/30687655 http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1140 Text en Copyright: © Indian Orthopaedic Research Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30687655
http://dx.doi.org/10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.1140
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