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This study assess the use of muscle flaps to cover exposed knee prostheses and emphasises the need for early plastic surgery consultation. In five of the six patients studied the wound was successfully covered and the knee prosthesis salvaged with a reasonable functional outcome.
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Cette étude montre l’intêret des lambeaux musculaires pour couvrir les prothèses de genou exposées, et insiste sur la necessité d’une consultation précoce de chirurgie plastique. Dans cinq des six cas étudies la prothèse de genou àété préservée avec une fonction satisfaisante.
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Accepted: 4 March 1998
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Fayomi, O., Patel, J. & Percival, N. Soft tissue cover for the exposed knee prosthesis. International Orthopaedics SICOT 23, 51–52 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050303
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050303