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Complex primary total knee arthroplasty includes a variety of clinical scenarios with either compromised surrounding soft tissues, deformity, or lack of suitable bone for fixation. In this chapter, we will provide some tips and lessons that we have learnt over years of practice dealing with complex and unusual cases with some common themes and basic principles that would apply to most complex cases including deformities, previous fractures, previous patellectomy , revising unicompartmental knees and the use of patient-specific instrumentation and primary hinge implants, among others.
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Matar, H.E., Bloch, .V., Cameron, H.U., James, P.J. (2021). Complex Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. In: Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81285-0_2
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