Massive Osteolysis in a Modern Total Knee Prosthesis

CASE: An 82-year-old woman underwent right total knee replacement with a sequentially irradiated and annealed highly cross-linked polyethylene insert. At 9 years, she was found to have a massive femoral osteolysis with an impending fracture. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates a rare occurrence of ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gibon, Emmanuel, Knapik, Jacquelyn A., Parvataneni, Hari K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8550852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34721914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5507932
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Sumario:CASE: An 82-year-old woman underwent right total knee replacement with a sequentially irradiated and annealed highly cross-linked polyethylene insert. At 9 years, she was found to have a massive femoral osteolysis with an impending fracture. CONCLUSION: This case demonstrates a rare occurrence of massive femoral osteolysis, requiring revision surgery, with a sequentially irradiated and annealed highly cross-linked polyethylene.

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