JBJS | Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Preoperative Evaluation

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Volume 91, Issue Supplement 5

International Congress for Joint Reconstruction | August 01, 2009

Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Preoperative Evaluation

Jess H. Lonner, MD¹; Thomas K. Fehring, MD²; Arlen D. Hanssen, MD³; Vincent D. PellegriniJr., MD⁴; Douglas E. Padgett, MD⁵; Timothy M. Wright, PhD⁵; Hollis G. Potter, MD⁵

¹ Booth, Bartolozzi, Balderston Orthopaedics, Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
² OrthoCarolina, 1915 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC 28207. E-mail address: Thomas.Fehring@orthocarolina.com
³ Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. E-mail address: hanssen.arlen@mayo.edu
⁴ Orthopaedics Department, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Suite S11B, Baltimore, MD 21201. E-mail address: vpellegrini@umoa.umm.edu
⁵ Division of Adult Reconstruction and Joint Replacement (D.E.P.) and Departments of Biomechanics (T.M.W.) and Radiology and Imaging (H.G.P.), Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021. E-mail address for D.E. Padgett: padgettd@hss.edu. E-mail address for T.M. Wright: wrightt@hss.edu. E-mail address for H.G. Potter: potterh@hss.edu

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 2009; 91:64-68 doi:10.2106/JBJS.I.00415

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Abstract

Learning Objectives

Understand the appropriate methods of evaluating the failed total knee arthroplasty
Understand the distinction between aseptic and septic failure on the basis of the preoperative evaluation
Understand the etiology of osteolysis in total knee arthroplasty

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knee replacement arthroplasty ; preoperative medical evaluation ; prostheses and implants ; prosthesis implantation ; infection

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