Total knee arthroplasty in a patient with subcutaneous and intra-articular tophaceous gout--a case report.

Limited knee joint range of motion due to invisible gouty tophi.

OBJECTIVES Tophi deposits are a well-known cause of joint destruction, gouty nephropathy and spinal cord compression. This study reports another major complication of gout, namely tophi deposition causing limited knee joint excursion. METHODS Seven gout patients with limited knee joint excursion owing to tophi deposition were studied to reveal clinical features and magnetic resonance imaging ...

Brucella Arthritis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Patient with Hemophilia: A Case Report

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a rewarding procedure in patients with hemophilia and end stage knee hemophilicarthropathy. However, this procedure might be associated with complications such as infection. There periprostheticjoint infection in patients with hemophilia is very well known, though we are not aware of any previous report on Brucellainfection in this group of patients. Here, we re...

A Comparison of the Postoperative Complications between Two Drainage Methods after Total Knee Arthroplasty

Background: The role of wound drainage after total knee arthroplasty is still considered controversial as althoughclosed drainage systems have been believed to be effective in decreasing the post-operative complications, they couldalso facilitate the bleeding and increase the rate of transfusion and infection. We have conducted the current study tocompare the outcomes superficial subcutaneous, ...

Tophaceous gout of the rotator cuff. A case report.

Soft-tissue tophaceous deposits have been reported in the finger, carpal tunnel, spine (cervical and lumbar), hip, knee, and Achilles tendon.1,3,6,8,10,13,16 Intraosseous and intradermal sites have also been described, and there is also a report of a tophus being the cause of fracture nonunion.4,5,17 Glenohumeral joint involvement in gouty arthropathy, however, is unusual.7 Tophaceous gout corr...

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IN PATIENT WITH TIBIAL EXTRA ARTICULAR STRESS FRACTURE