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Knee Arthrodesis for Failed Total Knee Arthroplasty

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This is a case of infected total knee replacement in an elderly man who is a compromised host with multiple comorbidities. Successful arthrodesis was accomplished with aggressive debridement and stabilization with two monolateral external fixators placed in a multi-planar (90–90°) fashion. Compression at the fusion site and staged bone grafting enhanced bony union. Bone loss and limb shortening were accepted in this patient, and a shoe lift was used.

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  1. International Center for Limb Lengthening, Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2401 West Belvedere Avenue, 21215, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Megan Riedel & Janet D. Conway

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Correspondence to Janet D. Conway .

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  1. Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

  2. Shriner's Hospital for Children, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Reggie Hamdy

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Riedel, M., Conway, J.D. (2014). Knee Arthrodesis for Failed Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02767-8_221-1

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