Assessing the gold standard: a review of 253 two-stage revisions for infected TKA.

Background: Periprosthetic joint infection has been the leading cause of failure following TKA surgery. The gold standard for infection control has been a two-staged revision TKA. There have been few reports on mid- to long-term survivorship, functional outcomes, and fate of patients with a failed two-stage revision TKA.

Isolated ischaemic contracture of medial head of gastrocnemius.

A 47-year-old woman presented with a disabling fixed flexion deformity of the knee and an equinus deformity of the ankle following treatment in a cast for a minor flexion deformity following a tibial plateau fracture. Two years later, the cause was identified as an isolated ischaemic contracture involving the medial head of gastrocnemius. She made a good recovery following extensive corrective surgery and rehabilitation.

Bilateral acute carpal tunnel syndrome after combined pancreatic and renal transplant.

We present an unusual case of immediate bilateral acute carpal tunnel syndrome that followed combined pancreatic and renal transplantation and responded to decompression after failed conservative treatment.