Smooth Pins Reinforcing Static Cement Spacers for Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty Are Not Safe.

Prosthetic joint infection is one of the most dreaded complications following elective lower extremity primary total joint arthroplasty, resulting in substantial pain, disability, and health care costs. Both static and articulating antibiotic-impregnated spacers have been used in the management of 2-stage revision for infected total knee arthroplasty, which remains the gold standard for treatment of these infections. Articulating spacers may provide theoretical benefits with regard to improved range of motion after reimplantation secondary to less scar formations and soft tissue contractures.

Intraoperative disc herniation during posterior spinal fusion for correction of Scheuermann's Kyphosis.

Study Design: A retrospective case report.

Objective: To report a previously unpublished complication associated with surgical correction of Scheuermann's kyphosis (SK).

Summary Of Background Data: Recently, a review of a large Scoliosis Research Society database reported a 1.