Challenges and Solutions: Total Knee Replacement in Patients with Chronic Lymphatic Filariasis: A Case Report.

Arunkumar C Aebel Raju Jimmy Joseph Meleppuram Ayyappan V Nair Arun Mundakkal Ajayakumar Thankappan Prince Shanavas Khan

Published in: JBJS case connector (2024)

Currently, there are no established protocols or formulated guidelines for TKR in patients with chronic filariasis. The preoperative lymphedema prevention must be tailor-made for each patient in the context of advanced osteoarthritis based on the functional lymphatic vessel status.

Keyphrases

lymph node
knee osteoarthritis
total knee arthroplasty
case report
rheumatoid arthritis
patients undergoing
clinical practice