Risk Factors for Wound Complications Following Conversion TKA after Tibial Plateau Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose is to investigate the incidence of wound complications for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) following tibial plateau open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF).

Materials and methods

A prospective arthroplasty registry was queried for patients with CPT codes for primary TKA, tibial plateau ORIF, removal of hardware (ROH), and diagnosis of post-traumatic arthritis. Patients were included if they had undergone tibial plateau ORIF and subsequent TKA. Chart review was performed to obtain demographic, clinical and post-operative information.

Results

Twenty-one patients were identified, with average age of 56.23 ± 13.2 years at time of tibial plateau ORIF and 62.91 ± 10.8 years at time of TKA. Seven (33.3%) patients had a tibial plateau fracture-relat

SUBMITTER: Fisher ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9485347 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature