Study: Metaphyseal sleeves improve early results in revision total knee replacement

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MEGA MAYO STUDY FOR METAPHYSEAL SLEEVES IN REVISION TKA (Orthopedics This Week)
Mayo Clinic researchers have completed a 280 patient/393 metaphyseal sleeve study—the largest to date—of revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Their work, “Survivorship of Metaphyseal Sleeves in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty,” (http://www.arthroplastyjournal.org/article/S0883-5403(16)30874-9/abstract) was published in May 2017 edition of The Journal of Arthroplasty.
Mark Pagnano, M.D., chair of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic and a co-author on the study, commented to OTW, “This is the larg...

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