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ArticleArthroplasty today2021

Complex Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Patient with Achondroplasia, Osteoarthritis, and Severe Coronal Instability.

Ryan Stancil, Michael Goldberg, Maryse Bouchard, Adam Sassoon

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Article in Arthroplasty today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Achondroplasia current concept of orthopaedic management.Journal of children's orthopaedics · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryan StancilDepartment of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Michael GoldbergDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
Maryse BouchardDivision of Orthopedics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Adam SassoonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Hospital for Sick Children · CASeattle Children's Hospital · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genu varum in patients with achondroplasia is common and is often exacerbated by the associated generalized ligamentous laxity. Despite this, development of knee osteoarthritis is rare. There are only a few previously published case reports of total knee arthroplasty in this population. We present 2-year follow-up of a patient with achondroplasia who underwent staged bilateral primary total knee arthroplasties using hinged components. Technical considerations and careful preoperative planning are required in patients with achondroplasia given their small skeletal stature, metaphyseal deformities, and ligamentous laxity.

Indexed as

AchondroplasiaComplex primary total knee arthroplastyGenu varumLigamentous laxity

Identifiers

PMID33681436
PMCPMC7917396
OpenAlexW3129510545

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