total knee arthroplasty

Case Report

Tissue Is the Issue: Use of 2 Bipedicled “Bucket-Handle” Local Advancement Flaps to Close a Nonhealing Wound

07/06/2023

Abigail E. Chaffin , MD, FACS, CWSP, MAPWCA;

This report presents a case of double bipedicled “bucket-handle” local advancement flaps used for a nonhealing midline knee dehiscence wound following total knee arthroplasty as well as the utility of forward-looking infrared thermal imaging...

This report presents a case of...

07/06/2023

ePlasty

Case Report

Soft Tissue Expansion in Total Knee Arthroplasty Due to Extensive Scarring and Fibrosis in Multiple-Operated Knee

08/02/2022

H. Harvak Hajebian , MD;

Mary K. Van Wert , MD;

Igor Burko , MD;

David A. Jansen , MD;

Salomon Puyana , MD, MS;

Abigail E. Chaffin , MD, FACS, CWSP, MAPWCA;

In cases with preoperative uncertainty for sufficient soft tissue coverage because of ischemia and tension on closure, soft tissue expansion has been reported to be an effective tool for optimizing successful closure. For the case in this...

In cases with preoperative...

08/02/2022

ePlasty

Original Research

Soft Tissue Coverage of Complex Periprosthetic Defects in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty: Analysis of Factors That Influence Reconstructive and Functional Outcomes

10/01/2018

Mark Cinque ;

Kayvon Golshani ;

Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans , RN, FNP, APRN-BC;

Michael V. DeFazio ;

Ersilia L. Anghel ;

Chrisovalantis Lakhiani ;