1. Chronic asymptomatic dislocation of the bearing in an Oxford unicompartmental knee replacement
- Author
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Ashraf Awad, Timothy Woodacre, David Isaac, and Morwena Marshall
- Subjects
musculoskeletal diseases ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Knee Joint ,Osteoarthritis ,Asymptomatic ,Article ,law.invention ,Postoperative Complications ,law ,Dislocation (syntax) ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Knee ,Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ,Aged, 80 and over ,Bearing (mechanical) ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Osteoarthritis, Knee ,medicine.disease ,musculoskeletal system ,Rheumatology ,Surgery ,Prosthesis Failure ,Radiology ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,medicine.symptom ,Complication ,business ,Knee Prosthesis - Abstract
Unicompartmental knee replacement is a common procedure for the treatment of osteoarthritis confined to one compartment of the knee. Dislocation of the mobile bearing is a recognised complication. We present a patient with a 6-year asymptomatic bearing dislocation, missed on original presentation.
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- 2012