ArticleArthroplasty today2020
Balanced, Stemmed, and Augmented Articulating Total Knee Spacer Technique.
Article in Arthroplasty today, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Modified Hofmann Articulated Spacer in the Treatment of Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee-Surgical Technique and Early Clinical Evaluation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Polyethylene Insert Wear Leading to Early Aseptic Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Failure: Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Surgeon Volume on Mechanical Complications after Resection Arthroplasty with Articulating Spacer.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Augmented Articulating Spacers in Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intra-Articular Corticosteroid Injections Into a Preexisting Total Knee Arthroplasty are Associated With Increased Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection and Revision.Arthroplasty today · 2023Article
- Surgical Technique: Robotic-Assisted 1.5-Stage Exchange Total Knee Arthroplasty for Periprosthetic Joint Infection.Arthroplasty today · 2023Article
- One and a Half-Stage Revision With Prosthetic Articulating Spacer for Definitive Management of Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection.Arthroplasty today · 2023Article
- Does spiked tibial cement spacer reduce spacer-related problems in two-stage revision total knee arthroplasty for infection?International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Note From the Editor.Arthroplasty today · 2021Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Explantation and placement of an antibiotic spacer is a well-recognized treatment for periprosthetic infection after total knee replacement. Although static spacers may be occasionally indicated, many patients benefit from an articulating spacer that preserves the function and range of motion. However, many articulating spacer techniques provide an imbalanced cement-on-cement articulating knee that cannot tolerate full weight-bearing or provide adequate stability for daily function. A more durable articulating spacer may be ideal by permitting unrestricted weight-bearing, a functional range of motion, and potentially delayed reimplantation for medically complex patients. We present our evolved and reproducible technique for gap-balanced articulating spacers using cement augments and dowel stems. The result is a stable construct that permits full weight-bearing and a functional range of motion.
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