Surgical Release of Severe Flexion Contracture for Oncologic Knee Arthroplasty

摘要

Background:Severe postoperative knee contractures after arthroplasty or megaprosthesis reconstruction occur rarely, but are devastating complications. Management of preoperative flexion contractures is well-described, but there is a paucity of literature for surgical treatment of postoperative contractures.A retrospective chart review was performed for a single surgeon of cases between 1996 and 2014.