TY - JOUR
T1 - Removal of a retained Herbert-Whipple screw with use of the Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS) core harvester
T2 - a case report.
AU - Matava, Matthew J.
AU - Hughes, Paul A.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - After a revision procedure is performed to address a full-thickness chondral defect of the knee, hardware removal can be challenging. We describe using a core harvester, the Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS; Arthrex, Naples, Fla), to remove a Herbert-Whipple screw placed earlier in a failed attempt to fix an osteochondritis dissecans lesion on the lateral aspect of the medial femoral condyle. This hardware removal technique can be performed either arthroscopically or in an open fashion and may also be used with other revision procedures (ie, revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction) in which an embedded, poorly visualized, or stripped screw must be removed.
AB - After a revision procedure is performed to address a full-thickness chondral defect of the knee, hardware removal can be challenging. We describe using a core harvester, the Osteochondral Autograft Transfer System (OATS; Arthrex, Naples, Fla), to remove a Herbert-Whipple screw placed earlier in a failed attempt to fix an osteochondritis dissecans lesion on the lateral aspect of the medial femoral condyle. This hardware removal technique can be performed either arthroscopically or in an open fashion and may also be used with other revision procedures (ie, revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction) in which an embedded, poorly visualized, or stripped screw must be removed.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 15641744
AN - SCOPUS:14844283834
SN - 1078-4519
VL - 33
SP - 598
EP - 601
JO - American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
JF - American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
IS - 12
ER -