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Primary Total Knee Replacement in Advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis with Over Thirty Degrees of Fixed Flexion Deformities
Standard Cemented knee using universal instruments. Intramedullary guife for femoral allignment, Extramedullary for tibial cut. Special tricks shown here are ligament balancing, and flexion deformity correction. Video shot and edited by Seshadri
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17797/grxpvjxxs1
Knee replacement
Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, severely damaged knees
Young patients, arthrodesis in functional position, infection
Clean operating theater, with laminar air flow
Routine
Anterior approach, patella deflected laterally
precise balance of soft tissue and perfect assignment of components
infection, component malpositioning. loosening, wear
infection, component malpositioning. loosening, wear
Seshadri, Institute for special orthopaedics Chennai
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Review Primary Total Knee Replacement in Advanced Rheumatoid Arthritis with Over Thirty Degrees of Fixed Flexion Deformities.