Open AccessSubchondroplasty Bone Substitute Material (BSM) Histological Analysis after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Series
Author(s) -
Brandon Petrone,
G. Stone,
James Gurtowski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical case studies reviews and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-680X
DOI - 10.47363/jccsr/2021(3)181
Subject(s) - total knee arthroplasty , medicine , surgery , arthroplasty , series (stratigraphy) , biology , paleontology
In our series of 227 patients who underwent prior Subchondroplasty of the knee wiht bone substitute material (BSM) we had the opportunity to review 4 cases which returned for conversion to Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA). The average time to convert to a TKA was 23.5 months (18-35 months).