• J Arthroplasty · Sep 2012

    The outcome of sequential repeated tibial tubercle osteotomy performed in 2-stage revision arthroplasty for infected total knee arthroplasty.

    • Ho-Rim Choi, Young-Min Kwon, Dennis W Burke, Harry E Rubash, and Henrik Malchau.
    • The Harris Orthopedic Laboratory and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
    • J Arthroplasty. 2012 Sep 1; 27 (8): 1487-91.

    AbstractThirteen patients with infected total knee arthroplasty treated by 2-stage revision requiring tibial tubercle osteotomy in both stages for extensile exposure were retrospectively analyzed. The preoperative mean range of knee motion improved from 60° (range, 30°-90°) to 94° (range, 70°-120°) at latest follow-up. The Knee Society knee scores and function scores were 39 and 18 preoperatively and 78 and 67 at latest follow-up, respectively. Although proximal migration occurred in 3 cases and a partial proximal avulsion fracture of the osteotomy segment occurred in 1 case after the second-stage reimplantation, radiographic bony union was observed in all cases. Sequential repeated tibial tubercle osteotomy can be a useful extensile surgical approach in staged revision for infected total knee arthroplasty with satisfactory clinical and radiographic outcomes.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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