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Case Discussion to Chap. 12: Chronic Pain Due to Metallosis After TKR

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A 52-year-old woman underwent a patellofemoral joint replacement (PFJ). Due to persisting pain and stiffness after PFJ, a total knee replacement (Emotion, Aesculap, B. Braun Medical AG, Sempach, Switzerland) was implanted 18 months after PFJ. The patient presented to our clinic 11 months after primary TKR due to still persistent knee pain and stiffness.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Knee Surgery Unit, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), CH-4101, Bruderholz, Switzerland

    Basil Hatz & Michael T. Hirschmann MD (Asst. Prof. (PD)

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  1. Dept. Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Knee Surgery Unit, Kantonsspital Baselland (Bruderholz, Liestal, Laufen), Bruderholz, Switzerland

    Michael T. Hirschmann

  2. Dept. Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hospital Brandenburg, Brandenburg/Havel, Germany

    Roland Becker

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Hatz, B., Hirschmann, M.T. (2015). Case Discussion to Chap. 12: Chronic Pain Due to Metallosis After TKR. In: Hirschmann, M., Becker, R. (eds) The Unhappy Total Knee Replacement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08099-4_14

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