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- Title
Surgical technique: extraarticular knee resection with prosthesis-proximal tibia-extensor apparatus allograft for tumors invading the knee.
- Authors
Capanna, Rodolfo; Scoccianti, Guido; Campanacci, Domenico Andrea; Beltrami, Giovanni; De Biase, Pietro
- Abstract
Intraarticular extension of a tumor requires a conventional extraarticular resection with en bloc removal of the entire knee, including extensor apparatus. Knee arthrodesis usually has been performed as a reconstruction. To avoid the functional loss derived from the resection of the extensor apparatus, a modified technique, saving the continuity of the extensor apparatus, has been proposed, but at the expense of achieving wide margins. In tumors involving the joint cavity, the entire joint complex including the distal femur, proximal tibia, the full extensor apparatus, and the whole inviolated joint capsule must be excised. We propose a novel reconstructive technique to restore knee function after a true extrarticular resection.
- Publication
Clinical orthopaedics and related research, 2011, Vol 469, Issue 10, p2905
- ISSN
1528-1132
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11999-011-1882-2