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Reconstruction of Necrosis Following Total Knee Replacement Arthroplasty  

Ahn, Hee Chang (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
Lim, Young Soo (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
Kim, Chang Yeon (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
Hwang, Weon Joong (Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Hanyang University)
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Archives of Plastic Surgery / v.32, no.1, 2005 , pp. 93-99 More about this Journal
Abstract
In spite of proper maneuver of total knee replacement arthroplasty, some patients suffer from skin necrosis just above the implant. From Mar. 2000 to Jan. 2004, the authors performed reconstruction of knee skin defects after total knee replacement athroplasty. Total 6 cases of flap surgery were performed and patients ranged between 43-years-old to 82-years-old. Rectus femoris perforator based reversed adipofascial flaps were used in 2 cases, medial gastrocnemius muscular island flaps were used in 2 cases and sural artery based on adipofascial rotation flap was used in 1 case. One patient with extended necrosis underwent reconstruction with dual flaps of sural artery based adipofascial rotation flap and medial gastrocnemius muscular island flap. There were no distinctive complication needing additional procedure in all cases during the long term follow up. Reconstruction of necrosis following total knee replacement arthroplasty had several characteristics different from simple knee defect. The patients might have the history of long term steroid usages, excessive skin tension due to implants, underlying disease such as diabetes, rheumatoid disease, and etc. In addition, the early ambulation is mandatory in these patients of total knee replacement arthroplasty. With regards to these special considerations, a single stage and reliable operation must be needed. The authors introduce various reconstruction methods and algorithm that may aid easy decision making.
Keywords
Total knee replacement arthroplasty; Reconstruction of knee skin defect;
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