A Panciera, A Colangelo, A Di Martino, R Ferri, B D Bulzacki Bogucki, D Cecchin, M Brunello, L Benvenuti, V Digennaro
PURPOSE: Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS) is a proliferative disease arising from the synovial membrane, mainly affects large joints such as the knee (almost 80% of total). Prostheses implanted in PVNS osteoarthritis show a higher revision rate when compared to primary osteoarthritis, due to the recurrence of disease and the overall surgical complications. The purpose of this systematic review is to summarize and compare indications, clinical and functional outcomes, disease-related and surgical-related complications of total knee arthroplasty in PVNS osteoarthritis...
June 20, 2023: Musculoskeletal Surgery