Treatment of the exposed knee prosthesis
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Medical Journals Sweden AB in Acta Orthopaedica
- Vol. 58 (6), 662-665
- https://doi.org/10.3109/17453678709146510
Abstract
Ten knees with early tissue breakdown after knee arthroplasty resulting in exposed prostheses were treated with different plastic surgical techniques. Six knees were successfully covered: four using a gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap, one using a fasciocutaneous flap, and one using split-skin grafts. Four knees failed: two using local skin flaps and two using split-skin grafts. A gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap seems to provide a reliable coverage of the exposed knee joint.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- The outcome of infected arthroplasty of the kneeThe Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume, 1986
- The fasciocutaneous flap: its use in soft tissue defects of the lower legBritish Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1981