Publications by authors named "Luiz Eduardo Passarelli Tirico"

Objective: To evaluate the value of preoperative radiographic evaluations for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) revision.

Methods: Thirty-one knees that were operated between 2006 and 2008, in a consecutive series of cases of TKA revision surgery were analyzed retrospectively. The following criteria were evaluated: number of wedges or structured bone grafts used for filling the bone defects; locations of the wedges and bone grafts used; and mean thickness of the polyethylene used.

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