Bilateral Distal Femoral Flexion Deformity After Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Bilateral Distal Femoral Flexion Deformity After Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune systemic disease with predominant peripheral polyarthritis, often leading to severe joint destruction. This is a case report of an 81-year-old woman with long-standing severe rheumatoid arthritis requiring multiple orthopaedic operations for joint destruction si...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jimmy Chan Chun-Ming, Tun-Hing Lui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
distal femoral flexion deformity
rheumatoid arthritis
total knee arthroplasty
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491713000286

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