Open AccessDislocation following total knee arthroplasty: A report of six cases
Author(s) -
Manuel Villanueva,
Antonio Ríos-Luna,
Javier Pereiro,
Homid Fahandez-Saddi,
Antonio Pérez-Caballer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.69318
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , ligamentous laxity , posterior cruciate ligament , knee dislocation , dislocation , arthrofibrosis , medial collateral ligament , arthroplasty , ligament , total knee arthroplasty , anterior cruciate ligament , materials science , composite material
Dislocation following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the worst form of instability. The incidence is from 0.15 to 0.5%. We report six cases of TKA dislocation and analyze the patterns of dislocation and the factors related to each of them.