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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 Papagelopoulos
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • bone loss
  • gold nanoparticles
  • total hip
  • silver nanoparticles
  • anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
  • helicobacter pylori
  • anterior cruciate ligament