Single-Sided Reciprocating Saw for Tibial Component Removal During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT: Revision total knee arthroplasty often necessitates removing well-fixed components. Tibial tray removal is challenging becaue of 1) physical barriers posed by the component pegs, keel, or stem in accessing the implant-bone interface circumferentially and 2) proximity of vulnerable structures including the patellar tendon, collateral ligaments, popliteal artery, and distal femur. In this report, we present a step-by-step technique for removal of a well-fixed tibial component using a single-sided reciprocating saw.

SUBMITTER: Gopinath R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7966923 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature