Knee Arthrodesis with a Modular Silver-Coated Endoprosthesis for Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty with Extensive Bone Loss: A Retrospective Case-Series Study.
Olga D SavvidouAngelos KaspirisStavros GoumenosIoannis TrikoupisDimitra MelissaridouAthanasios KalogeropoulosDimitris SerenidisJim-Dimitris GeorgoulisIoanna LianouPanagiotis KoulouvarisPanayiotis J PapagelopoulosPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
The results of our study demonstrated that knee arthrodesis with a silver coated arthrodesis implant, performed for persistent PJI in patients with significant bone loss and extensor tendon deficit, provided a stable construct, allowed eradication of infection and was associated with good functional outcome.