Unhooking of GSB total knee during dislocation of the patella

✍ Scribed by R. Brückl; W. Plitz; A. N. Witt

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 514 KB
• Volume: 94
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-3916
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00448090

✦ Synopsis

This is a case report of a special and undoubtedly rare complication occurring in a hinge joint with a moving instant center such as the GSB total knee joint The preoperative situation, the history of the incident and the operative report are being described as well as a radiological follow-up The mechanism of unhooking of the tibial shaft from its junction with the femoral stem during dislocation of the patella is being reconstructed.