Abstract
The safe removal of implants with minimal bone loss is a crucial step in revision knee surgery and it paves the way for an efficient and successful reconstruction. While most revised primary knees are cemented implants that require certain techniques for removal, cementless knees, revision components and metaphyseal sleeves or cones for adjunctive fixation are used more commonly and certain techniques are needed to extract those implants safely. In this chapter we describe our practical approach and tips to successful implant removals in revision surgery with the overarching principle that patience is indeed a virtue.
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast
William Shakespeare
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Matar, H.E., Bloch, .V., Cameron, H.U., James, P.J. (2021). Removal of Well-Fixed Components. In: Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81285-0_6
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