The exposed total knee replacement prosthesis: a new classification and treatment algorithm

• Published in: British journal of plastic surgery Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 66 - 69
• Main Authors: Laing, Hamish, Hancock, Kevin, Harrison, Douglas H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1992; Elsevier
• Subjects: Algorithms; Biological and medical sciences; Humans; Knee - pathology; Knee - surgery; Knee Prosthesis; Medical sciences; Orthopedic surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgical Flaps - methods; Surgical Wound Dehiscence - pathology; Surgical Wound Dehiscence - surgery; Knee; Human; Treatment; Surgery; Classification; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Total; Complication; Algorithm; Wound

The increased frequency of total knee replacement arthroplasty (TKRA) has been reflected in the number of patients with exposed prostheses referred to this unit. An algorithm has been developed to assist in the preoperative assessment of the wound and this has been tested on 25 patients with wound b...