Case report: Total knee arthroplasty polyethylene liner disengagement identified by arthrography

Knee. 2014 Dec;21(6):1288-90. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2014.07.012. Epub 2014 Jul 26.

Authors

David A Bradshaw¹, Brian Lam², Rebekah Hoffman², Bernard Zicat²

Affiliations

¹ Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: david.bradshaw@uni.sydney.edu.au.
² Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 25257776
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2014.07.012

Abstract

We report a case of total knee arthroplasty polyethylene liner disengagement identified by plain film arthrography and CT arthrography.

Keywords: Arthrography; Arthroplasty; Computed tomography; Polyethylene; Prosthesis failure.

Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Arthrography / methods*
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / instrumentation*
Female
Humans
Knee Joint / diagnostic imaging*
Knee Joint / surgery
Knee Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Polyethylene*
Prosthesis Failure / etiology*
Reoperation / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Polyethylene