JBJS, November 1, 2003, Volume 85, Issue suppl_4

Implant Selection in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Charles L. Nelson, MD Terrence J. Gioe, MD Edward Y. Cheng, MD Roby C. Thompson, Jr., MD

Knee

Revision total knee arthroplasty implants have evolved from fully constrained (fixed-hinge) to semiconstrained to contemporary constrained designs. The latter category includes nonlinked constrained (total condylar-III) designs ( Fig. 1) and rotating-hinge designs ( Figs. 2-A and 2-B).

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