ArticleThe archives of bone and joint surgery2018
Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Retention of Prior Hardware Material: What is the Outcome?
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- Increased complications rates and inferior patient reported outcomes following total knee arthroplasty due to post-traumatic osteoarthritis with previous fracture treatment: a systematic review.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Pooled it
- Total knee arthroplasty following previous hardware implantation: do hardware removal strategies influence periprosthetic joint infections? A systematic review and meta-analysis.EFORT open reviews · 2025Article
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- Robotic assisted TKA may allow for smaller polyethylene liner sizes compared to manual TKA with simultaneous removal of Hardware.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection after traumatic injury in joint revision patients.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2024Article
- Indications for and Risks Associated With Implant Removal After Pediatric Trauma.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2022Article
- Total knee arthroplasty following intramedullary tibial nailing.Knee surgery & related research · 2020Article
- TKA with retained hardware guided by intraoperative ultrasonography - a case report.BMC surgery · 2019Article
- Hip and Knee Section, Treatment, Surgical Technique: Proceedings of International Consensus on Orthopedic Infections.The Journal of arthroplasty · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is an information gap in literature regarding postoperative outcome of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with hardware in-situ from the previous knee surgery. The present study aims to evaluate impact of retained hardware on short-term outcome of TKA patients.
methodsPerioperative radiographs of patients who had undergone TKA between 2007 and 2012 were reviewed and patients in whom partial or complete retention of hardware was evident after TKA were included. These patients were matched in 1 to 2 ratio based on age (+/- 2 years), gender, surgeon and year of surgery to a group of patients that underwent primary TKA without hardware in the affected knee. The average follow up of these patients was 43.45 (range 12-155.2) months. Complication rates were compared between the two groups using statistical tests that took into account the matched data structure.
resultsWe included a total of 55 cases and 110 controls. The incidence of complications was higher, although not all statistically significant, in the case group. Only mechanical complications were significantly different in the cases group (5.5% versus 0%,
conclusionPresence of retained hardware around the knee may predispose the patient to a higher rate of complications particularly mechanical complications of the implant after TKA. Further studies are required to investigate impact of retained hardware around the knee in patients undergoing TKA.
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