Heterotopic Ossification in Trauma
Better understanding of the biology of heterotopic ossification (HO) formation will lead to treatment and prevention modalities that can be directed specifically at the cellular level. Early identification of HO…
Impact of Inpatient Versus Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty on 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rates and Unplanned Episodes of Care
This article describes a study comparing 30-day readmission rates between patients undergoing outpatient versus inpatient total hip (THA) and knee (TKA) arthroplasty. A retrospective review of 137 patients undergoing outpatient…
Timing of Operative Debridement in Open Fractures
The optimal treatment of open fractures continues to be an area of debate in the orthopedic literature. Recent research has challenged the dictum that open fractures should be debrided within…
Preoperative Versus Postoperative Initiation of Warfarin Therapy in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
The optimal strategy for postoperative deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis remains controversial in hip and knee arthroplasty. Warfarin causes transient hypercoagulability; however, the optimal timing of treatment remains unclear. We evaluated…
Role of Patellofemoral Offset in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Total knee arthroplasty occasionally does not meet expectations. This randomized clinical trial assessed the effect of restoration of the native patellofemoral height on clinical outcomes. Group I underwent standard patellar…
Controversies in Fracture Care
Although fractures are the most frequently treated orthopedic injuries, and have been for centuries, some aspects of their care remain controversial and other areas become controversial as newer information comes…
Chronic Posteromedial Instability: Reconstruction Techniques
Fig. 6.1 (a) Medial view of the knee: attachment sites (Redrawn from Bonasia et al. [17]). (b) Medial aspect of the knee showing the MCL (left loop) and the POL…
Chronic Lateral and Posterolateral Laxity: Reconstruction Techniques
Fig. 8.1 Author’s preferred position for isolated or combined PLC/cruciate ligaments reconstruction Fig. 8.2 Hockey’s stick incision passing midway between Gerdy’s tubercle and the peroneal head (Note: this patient had…
Treatment for Acute Knee Dislocations
Anatomic classification of knee dislocation KD-I Single cruciate torn (ACL or PCL) KD-II Bicruciate tears (ACL and PCL) KD-III Bicruciate tears plus MCL or LCL/PLC KD-IV ACL, PCL, MCL,…
Chronic Anterolateral Knee Laxity: Reconstruction Techniques
Fig. 7.1 Lemaire procedure [29]. Lateral extra articular reconstruction with a strip of ITB passed through the lateral condyle and under le lateral collateral ligament Christel and Djian [7] (Fig….
