Meniscal bearing dislocation in the Oxford knee.


Published online: Dec 27 1991

E Verhaven, F Handelberg, P P Casteleyn, and P Opdecam.

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Abstract

The Oxford knee is a unicompartmental knee prosthesis with a polyethylene meniscal bearing. Anterior dislocation or medial subluxation has been described in lateral compartment arthroplasties. The authors present the case of a medial dislocation of the lateral meniscal bearing and a review of the literature concerning meniscal bearing instability in the Oxford Knee.

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