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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2018; 04(03): e167-e169
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1673340
Case Report
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Total Knee Arthroplasty Wrong Side Implant

Hassan Alanazi
1   Department of Orthopedic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Mousa Alahmari
1   Department of Orthopedic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Musaab Abdullah Hashem
2   Senior house officer, Orthopedic Surgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
,
Muath Alqahtani
3   Department of Orthopedic Surgery, King Fahad Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
,
Abdulaziz Alanazi
4   Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ministry of Health, Alqurayat General Hospital, Al Qurayyat, Saudi Arabia
,
Bashir Alenazi
5   Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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21 June 2018

20 August 2018

Publication Date:
27 September 2018 (online)

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Abstract

We report a unique wrong implant error during bilateral total knee replacement procedure in 72-year-old woman with bilateral knee osteoarthritis that failed conservative treatment. Patient has severe bilateral knee pain. Examination showed full range of motion. X-ray showed severe bilateral tricompartmental osteoarthritis. Patient underwent surgery in 2013; postoperative radiographs showed well-fixed femoral, tibial, and patellar components but right femoral implant was placed in the left knee. Postoperative examination showed painless full range of motion. One similar case report found describing wrong-site femoral component that ended with symptomatic. In our case, no complications were observed.

Keywords

arthroplasty - implant - osteoarthritis - wrong-site - knee - replacement

Authors' Contribution

All authors performed and participated in the study and drafted the article design and coordination. All authors read and approved the final article.


 

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