An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration
Implant loosening is not a new phenomenon, nor is implant migration; however they are rarely seen after knee arthroplasty surgery. Complications with patellar buttons have been reported before with peg failure, loosening, and patella fracture; however extra-articular migration is extremely rare. We...
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| description | Implant loosening is not a new phenomenon, nor is implant migration; however they are rarely seen after knee arthroplasty surgery. Complications with patellar buttons have been reported before with peg failure, loosening, and patella fracture; however extra-articular migration is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of patellar button migration 11 years after total knee arthroplasty to the prepatellar bursa. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b7097fae677145898cff190102d65b022025-02-03T05:52:18ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572016-01-01201610.1155/2016/82082718208271An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and MigrationThomas Hester0Farid Moftah1Guys and St Thomas’ NHS trust, Department of Orthopaedics, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, UKDarent Valley Hospital, Darenth Wood Road, Dartford, Kent DA2 8DA, UKImplant loosening is not a new phenomenon, nor is implant migration; however they are rarely seen after knee arthroplasty surgery. Complications with patellar buttons have been reported before with peg failure, loosening, and patella fracture; however extra-articular migration is extremely rare. We report an unusual case of patellar button migration 11 years after total knee arthroplasty to the prepatellar bursa.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8208271 |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Hester Farid Moftah An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration Case Reports in Orthopedics |
| title | An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration |
| title_full | An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration |
| title_fullStr | An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration |
| title_short | An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration |
| title_sort | unusual prepatellar bursa swelling patellar button dissociation and migration |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8208271 |
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