Porous Tantalum Metaphyseal Cones for Severe Tibial Bone Loss in Revision Knee Arthroplasty

by Atul F. Kamath, David G. Lewallen, and Arlen D. Hanssen

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 97(3):216-223

February 4, 2015

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Anteroposterior radiograph of the left knee in a seventy-three-year-old female patient who was referred for treatment after thirteen prior knee surgical procedures, including four attempts at a

two-stage exchange for infection.

Atul F. Kamath et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015;97:216-223

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Anteroposterior radiograph of the right knee in a fifty-nine-year-old female patient demonstrating the use of a stepped cone with larger cone height (30 mm) placed laterally.

Atul F. Kamath et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015;97:216-223

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Atul F. Kamath et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015;97:216-223

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Atul F. Kamath et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015;97:216-223

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Kaplan-Meier survivorship estimates for the porous tantalum tibial cones at a single institution, presented as percentage of porous tantalum tibial cones not revised over time (i.e., revision of

tibial cone component as the end point; the x axis is time in ...

Atul F. Kamath et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2015;97:216-223

©2015 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.