Skin ulceration from tibial cement extrusion: case report and literature review

J Arthroplasty. 1998 Oct;13(7):826-9. doi: 10.1016/s0883-5403(98)90038-9.

Abstract

Polymethyl methacrylate extrusion through a small tibial defect occurred during revision of a long-stemmed total knee arthroplasty. It caused necrosis and ulceration of the overlying skin. Resection of the protruding cement, debridement of the ulcer, and primary closure effected a cure. This is the first report of cement-induced skin necrosis and first report of tibial cement extrusion during revision of a total knee arthroplasty. Subcutaneous cement extrusion should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pretibial ulcers following total knee arthroplasty with cemented stems.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Bone Cements / adverse effects*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Knee Prosthesis
  • Leg Ulcer / chemically induced*
  • Leg Ulcer / pathology
  • Leg Ulcer / surgery
  • Male
  • Necrosis
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / adverse effects*
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / pathology
  • Tibia / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibia / drug effects
  • Tibia / surgery

Substances

  • Bone Cements
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate