Experience of Mold Type Cement Spacer for Infected TKA

• Kamei Seiji

  Shinbeppu Hospital, Oita, Japan

• Tomari Kazuhide

  Shinbeppu Hospital, Oita, Japan

• Uchida Ken

  Shinbeppu Hospital, Oita, Japan

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• モールドタイプのセメントスペーサーの使用経験

Abstract

An antibiotic-loaded articulating cement spacer was used in the 2-staged exchang of infected total knee arthroplasty. Handmade facsimile molds made of silicon were used to produce articulating femoral and tibial spacer components. A small cement stem should be designed and added to the spacer block to allow anchoring of the block to the tibia and prevent its migration. The antibiotic-loaded articulating cement spacer allows the patient certain functions such as motion and patient weight-bearing between stages, maintains the length of soft tissues, and reduces scarring within the periprosthetic tissues. The advantages of articulating spacers include continued mobility, ease of rehabilitation, and ease of reinplantation.

Journal

• Orthopedics & Traumatology

  Orthopedics & Traumatology 55 (4), 475-481, 2006

  West-Japanese Society of Orthopedics & Traumatology

Keywords

• TKA
• infection
• cement spacer

Details

• CRID: 1390282679914115456
• NII Article ID: 130004460599
• NII Article ID: 10018786636
• NII Book ID: AN00126582
• DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.55.475
• ISSN: 13494333
• ISSN: 00371033
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2007040428
• Text Lang: ja
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