Catastrophic Failures of the Tibial Post in a Bicruciate Substituting Total Knee Prosthesis

Failure of the tibial post in a bicruciate substituting total knee prosthesis is a rare but catastrophic complication. The authors report 2 cases of a fracture of the polyethylene tibial post with subsequent episodes of knee subluxation. Prompt recognition and early revision of these complications a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Marino, Dominic, Zelinski, Zethariah, Mesko, Daniel, Cochran, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8079333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33937464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2021.03.003
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Sumario:Failure of the tibial post in a bicruciate substituting total knee prosthesis is a rare but catastrophic complication. The authors report 2 cases of a fracture of the polyethylene tibial post with subsequent episodes of knee subluxation. Prompt recognition and early revision of these complications are associated with a favorable early outcome.

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