Salvage knee surgery: Arthrodesis

Abstract

Arthrodesis as a salvage procedure remains a durable, time-proven technique for treatment of sepsis, tumor, failed arthroplasty, and the flail limb. It should be performed selectively, especially in light of modern arthroplasty and the increasingly favorable results of 2-stage reimplantation. Arthrodesis of the knee can be performed via various techniques. Each technique has a role in these difficult salvage knee cases. © 2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. All rights reserved.