[Compression arthrodesis of the knee joint].

The results of 42 cases of compression arthrodesis of the knee joint during a 5.5 years period are reviewed. Main indications were degenerative, rheumatoid and posttraumatic arthrosis and tuberculosis of the knee joint. Other differential indications and the operative procedure following the Charnley-Müller method are described. The complications - pseudarthrosis, infection, false rotation - are discussed.