Dislocation following total knee arthroplasty: A report of six cases.

Background: Dislocation following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the worst form of instability. The incidence is from 0.15 to 0.

Hand-made articulating spacers in two-stage revision for infected total knee arthroplasty: good outcome in 30 patients.

Background And Purpose: The most reliable results when treating an infected total knee arthroplasty have been obtained with a two-stage reimplantation protocol. We have used a simple technique for hand-made spacers and now report the outcome.

Patients And Methods: 30 patients with an infected total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were treated with a 2- stage reimplantation protocol.

Hand-made articulating spacers for infected total knee arthroplasty: a technical note.

The standard treatment for late infections of knee prostheses is a two-stage reimplantation with a temporary articulating spacer between operations, but there is no universal agreement as to the best type of spacer to be used and surgeons have created modifications according to their technical and economic resources. We describe our modified technique for custom-made articulating spacers. Spacers have evolved from simple monoblock designs made of acrylic cement alone to articulated, modular, complex and expensive designs with different grades of constriction.