Chapter 58 Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Remnant-Preserving Technique Through the Posteromedial Portal Sung-Jae Kim, Sung-Hwan Kim The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is the strongest ligament in the knee and provides…
Chapter 122 Robotics in Total Knee Arthroplasty Sabine Mai, Werner E. Siebert, Peter F. Heeckt Degenerative joint disease of the knee is treated with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) after conservative…
Chapter 153 Soft Tissue Tumors of the Knee Kimberly Templeton CLINICAL FEATURES EVALUATION DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Cystic Lesions Intra-Articular Pathology Benign Extra-Articular Soft Tissue Neoplasms Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors SUMMARY Soft…
Chapter 23 Osteochondral Autograft Plug Transfer Eli Chen, Nicholas A. Sgaglione The treatment of symptomatic focal articular cartilage defects continues to present a clinical dilemma for many orthopedists. Surgical approaches…
Chapter 36 Synthetic Meniscal Substitutes and Collagen Meniscal Implantation Patrick G. Marinello, Suzanne A. Maher, Scott A. Rodeo The structure and composition of the C-shaped fibrocartilaginous menisci enable the functional…
Chapter 118 Electromagnetic Computer-Assisted Navigation David R. Lionberger Since the first uses of navigation appeared in orthopedics in the late 1990s, much has changed in terms of application, expectations, and…
Chapter 32 Arthroscopic Meniscal Resection Yair D. Kissin, W. Norman Scott, Fred D. Cushner The medial and lateral menisci are two semilunar fibrocartilaginous structures that were once thought of as…
Chapter 39 Medial Ligamentous Injuries of the Knee Acute and Chronic Gehron Treme, Robert C. Schenck, Jr. Introduction Injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) are commonly encountered by orthopedic…
Chapter 150 Allograft Prosthetic Composite Reconstruction of the Knee Christopher P. Beauchamp, Ian D. Dickey BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ALLOGRAFT PROSTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION ALLOGRAFT PROSTHETIC COMPOSITE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TIBIA—TECHNIQUE EXTENSOR MECHANISM…
Chapter 38 Sports Knee Rating Systems and Related Statistics Joseph M. Hart, Christopher M. Kuenze Outcomes following orthopedic injury are typically determined by the physical examination or other objective or…
