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knee and offer a new development of the instruments used in knee replacement. This could beuseful especialy in cases of revision.Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:30-8:20Session B1: Computer Navigation in TKAModular Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) in Cases of Revision andComplicated Primary Cases*Harald Dinges - Westpfalz-Klinikum - Kusel, Germany*Email: Hdinges@westpfalz-klinikum.deToday TKA belongs to a standard care in orthopaedics and traumatology. The number of theannual implantations has clearly increased during the last years and also in the future anincreasing rate to be expected.Also the number of Revision TKA and the treatment of complicated pathologies in the primarycare will increase in the same way.Therefore the requirements of the surgeon rised as well as a suitable and accurate systems willbe needed. Beside revision cases, traumatic-, post-traumatic- and RA-patients demonstratepartly distinctive bone and ligamentous pathologies.Beside the primary implant components and instrumentation-systems, modern knee systemsmust include also modular revision systems compatible with the primary systems to be able tocarry out complicated primary as well as light to moderately severe recision cases. Besides, alsothe possibility should be able to change within the system (with constant bone-cuttings) onhigher degrees of the constrain.With the TC-Primary and TC-Revision system fulfils the above mentioned criteria so thatnearly every situation can be handled.We present our experience using this system in cases of revisions, traumatic, post-traumaticand RA-cases The handling of bone and ligamentous defects will be demonstrated. In particularthe possibility the use of the TC-Revision also in primary TKA as P a so named "extensionprimary system" will be emphasized.By the Modulary and compatibility of the TC-Primary and TC-Revision systems, the use offile:///E|/ISTA2010-Abstracts.htm[12/7/2011 3:15:47 PM]