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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 103-B, Issue SUPP_15 | Pages 53 - 53
1 Dec 2021
ORTHOPLASTICS IN PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION OF THE KNEE: TREATMENT CONCEPT FOR COMPOSITE SOFT-TISSUE DEFECT WITH EXTENSOR APPARATUS DEFICIENCY
Osinga R Eggimann M Lo S Kühl R Lunger A Ochsner PE Sendi P Clauss M Schaefer D
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Aim

Reconstruction of composite soft-tissue defects with extensor apparatus deficiency in patients with periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of the knee is challenging. We present a single-centre multidisciplinary orthoplastic treatment concept based on a retrospective outcome analysis over 20 years.

Method

One-hundred sixty-seven patients had PJI after total knee arthroplasty. Plastic surgical reconstruction of a concomitant perigenicular soft-tissue defect was indicated in 49 patients. Of these, seven presented with extensor apparatus deficiency.