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ArticleJournal of orthopaedics2018

Distal tibial metaphyseal allograft cone for proximal tibial bone loss in revision knee arthroplasty - A novel technique.

Rajesh Malhotra, Vijay Kumar Jain, Deepak Gautam

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Article in Journal of orthopaedics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rajesh MalhotraDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Vijay Kumar JainDepartment of Orthopaedics, PGIMER, Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Deepak GautamDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large bone defects in femur or tibia are common at the setting of revision knee arthroplasty. Filling up the defect remains a challenging problem to the orthopaedic surgeons. A variety of options are available to fill up these defects depending upon the type of defect. We report a case of large contained defect in proximal tibia managed with distal tibial metaphyseal allograft cone. We also discuss the operative details and the advantages of using the allograft.

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AllograftBone defectMetaphysisRevision total knee arthroplastyTibia

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PMID29881205
PMCPMC5990296

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