Predictors of Recurrent Flexion Contracture after Total Knee Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritic Knees with Greater Than 15° Flexion Contracture.

Sang Jun Song Hyun Woo Lee Cheol Hee Park

Published in: Clinics in orthopedic surgery (2022)

Recurrent FC can occur in TKAs with the risk factors including unilateral TKA, severe preoperative FC, residual FC at 3 months postoperative, and LDK despite appropriate intraoperative correction. Surgical strategies and rehabilitation protocols used in managing FC should be applied in TKA cases with risk factors for recurrent FC.

Keyphrases

risk factors
patients undergoing
total knee arthroplasty
early onset
chronic pain
drug induced