Abstract
The use of stemmed modular components in revision total knee arthroplasty has led
to increasingly described pain located at the tip of the stem of the implant. This
has been described in the literature as being due to the elastic modulus mismatch
between the stem tip and the host bone. Current management is re-revision total knee
arthroplasty in an attempt to alleviate the mismatch. This case report describes a
novel technique using a dynamic compression plate acting as a tension band at the
stem tip to successfully treat this condition.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 07, 2012
Accepted:
December 31,
2011
Received:
February 7,
2011
Footnotes
The Conflict of Interest statement associated with this article can be found at doi:10.1016/j.arth.2011.12.032.
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