The Knee
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A common complication after ACL (anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction) is injury to the infra-patellar branch of the saphenous nerve (IPBSN). Very little about its origin and course of this nerve has been described. The aim of this study was to understand the course of IPBSN in relation to surgery around the knee. ⋯ A posterior path IPBSN is more prone to damage during a tendon harvest due to its proximity to the gracilis and semitendinosus muscle tendons.
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Case Reports
Treatment of infected nonunion total knee arthroplasty periprosthetic fracture using a stemmed articulating spacer.
We present a case of multifocal infection involving the left total hip replacement and the right total knee replacement of a patient, further complicated by an infected non-union of a periprosthetic fracture of the right knee. This required the unique simultaneous management of both infection eradication and fracture stabilization in the knee. ⋯ Level V (Case report).