A rare complication after total knee replacement (Suction drain leaved in joint space)

Hakan BOYA; Ozal OZCAN; Rafet IDİN; Sukru ARAC

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A rare complication after total knee replacement (Suction drain leaved in joint space)

Authors:

Hakan BOYA | Ozal OZCAN | Rafet IDİN | Sukru ARAC

Publisher:

Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Journal:

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 1998 Vol.32 Issue 5, pp.424-425

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2006

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000813923

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1017-995X

pISSN:

1017-995X

Keywords:

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Abstract:

 

Total knee arthroplasty is a choice of treatment that relief pain, correct deformity and improve functions for the patients who have knee arthrosis. Currently, this treatment modality had became more popular. To achieve these purposes, the number of this kind of operations had increased. That is why, complications about these procedures have became more visible. In one of our patients whom we had performed total knee arthroplasty,  drain has broken out at its distal part when we pulled the drain at the second day postoperatively. In this case report, we want to present a rare complication and its treatment way.

 

Total diz protezi uygulaması artrozlu dizlerde ağrıyı azaltmak, deformiteyi düzeltmek, fonksiyonları iyileş-tirmek amacıyla yapılan bir tedavi yöntemidir. Son yıllarda protez uygulaması yapılan vaka sayısının artmasına paralel olarak bu uygulama ile ilgili komplikasyonlara daha sık rastlanmaktadır. Bu olgu sunumunda, primer gonartroz tanısı ile total diz protezi uygulaması yapılan bir hastamızda "dren çekilirken dren ucunun eklem içinde kalması" az görülen bir komplikasyon olması nedeniyle ilginç bulunarak sunulmuştur.

Article Details

A rare complication after total knee replacement (Suction drain leaved in joint space)

Authors: Hakan BOYA | Ozal OZCAN | Rafet IDİN | Sukru ARAC

Publisher: Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Journal: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 1998 Vol.32 Issue 5, pp.424-425

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2006

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000813923

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1017-995X

pISSN: 1017-995X

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Authors:

Hakan BOYA | Ozal OZCAN | Rafet IDİN | Sukru ARAC

Publisher:

Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Journal:

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 1998 Vol.32 Issue 5, pp.424-425

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2006

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000813923

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1017-995X

pISSN:

1017-995X