%0 Journal Article
%T Successful two-stage revision of a KineSpring  joint unloading implant: a case study
%A Bowditch M
%A Miller LE
%A Block JE
%J International Medical Case Reports Journal
%D 2012
%I Dove Medical Press
%R http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S38486
%X ccessful two-stage revision of a KineSpring  joint unloading implant: a case study Case report (1056) Total Article Views Authors: Bowditch M, Miller LE, Block JE Published Date December 2012 Volume 2012:5 Pages 91 - 95 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S38486 Received: 25 September 2012 Accepted: 03 November 2012 Published: 12 December 2012 Mark Bowditch,1 Larry E Miller,2,3 Jon E Block3 1The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK; 2Miller Scientific Consulting, Inc, Arden, NC, USA; 3The Jon Block Group, San Francisco, CA, USA Abstract: Few nonsurgical treatment options are available to the patient with debilitating knee osteoarthritis (OA) that is refractory to conservative care. The KineSpring  System joint unloading implant is a unique device that reduces the load carried by the medial compartment of the knee joint by up to 13 kilograms during the stance phase of gait. We report a case of a male patient who underwent implant with the KineSpring System for symptomatic knee OA but subsequently required revision due to local infection. We performed a novel two-stage revision procedure where the absorber unit was removed in the first phase and a new absorber was placed 3 months later after the infection resolved. A key finding of this case was that knee OA pain resolved with the KineSpring System, returned following explant of the absorber unit, and resolved again following implant of the new absorber. Another important aspect of this case was that the femoral and tibial bases of the KineSpring System remained in situ, which simplified each phase of the revision procedure.
%K KineSpring
%K knee
%K osteoarthritis
%K revision
%K unloading
%U https://www.dovepress.com/successful-two-stage-revision-of-a-kinespringreg-joint-unloading-impla-peer-reviewed-article-IMCRJ