{"title":"Metal-backed patellar component failure and metallic synovitis in total knee arthroplasty. A case report.","authors":"J Halbrecht, C P Giordano, W L Jaffe","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of a dissociation of a metal-backed patellar component with a resultant metallic synovitis is presented. The mechanism of failure is discussed and an analysis of patellar component design is reviewed.</p>","PeriodicalId":77501,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute","volume":"49 1","pages":"48-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases Orthopaedic Institute","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A case of a dissociation of a metal-backed patellar component with a resultant metallic synovitis is presented. The mechanism of failure is discussed and an analysis of patellar component design is reviewed.