Open AccessAntibiotic-impregnated articulating cement spacer for infected total knee arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Parag Garg,
Rajeev Ranjan,
Utpal Bandyopadhyay,
Shiv Chouksey,
SR Mitra,
Sukanya Sen Gupta
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.87126
Subject(s) - medicine , bone cement , cement , total knee arthroplasty , surgery , knee prosthesis , prosthesis , femur , dentistry , orthodontics , composite material , materials science
Standard treatment of chronic infected total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a two-stage revision, the first step being placement of an antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer. Here we describe the results of a new technique (modification of the Goldstien's technique) for intraoperative manufacture of a customized articulating spacer at minimal cost and with relatively good conformity and longevity.