Single-Sided Reciprocating Saw for Tibial Component Removal During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Rohan Gopinath, MD; Scott Koenig, MD; Aaron Johnson, MD; Farshad Adib, MD; Geoffrey Van Flandern, MD; Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA

Arthroplasty Today (Apr 2021)

Single-Sided Reciprocating Saw for Tibial Component Removal During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Rohan Gopinath, MD,
Scott Koenig, MD,
Aaron Johnson, MD,
Farshad Adib, MD,
Geoffrey Van Flandern, MD,
Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA

Affiliations

Rohan Gopinath, MD: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Scott Koenig, MD: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Aaron Johnson, MD: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Farshad Adib, MD: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Geoffrey Van Flandern, MD: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Sumon Nandi, MD, MBA: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA; Corresponding author. Chief of Adult Reconstruction, 110 S. Paca Street, Suite 300, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Tel.: +1 410 683 4107.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 128 – 131

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Revision total knee arthroplasty often necessitates removing well-fixed components. Tibial tray removal is challenging becaue of 1) physical barriers posed by the component pegs, keel, or stem in accessing the implant-bone interface circumferentially and 2) proximity of vulnerable structures including the patellar tendon, collateral ligaments, popliteal artery, and distal femur. In this report, we present a step-by-step technique for removal of a well-fixed tibial component using a single-sided reciprocating saw.

Published in Arthroplasty Today

ISSN: 2352-3441 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/arthroplasty-today/

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