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

CONCLUSIONS: Early intervention with limited-frequency, and thorough debridement and prompt soft tissue coverage optimizes the chances of functional limb salvage in patients with complex periprosthetic TKA wounds. These findings may inform practice patterns and surgical treatment of patients presenting with compromised TKA and suggest that early involvement by reconstructive surgeons should be advocated to optimize reconstructive and functional outcomes in this difficult patient population. PMID: 30212373 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Wounds - Category: General Medicine Tags: Wounds Source Type: research