Fig. 11.1 Preoperative radiographs of the left knee including (a) standing AP, (b) standing flexion 45-degree PA, (c) lateral and (d) sunrise views. These radiographs demonstrate degenerative changes including medial…
Fig. 3.1 Intraoperative photo of a unicondylar arthroplasty Fig. 3.2 Example of current unicompartmental knee arthroplasty design [2] Age Traditional criterion for UKA includes age over 60 years old. With the…
Fig. 1.1 (MacIntosh tibial insert ) [17]. (MacIntosh tibial insert thicknesses ) [17] Fig. 1.2 (a) St. Georg sled in the all-polyethylene tibia version ; (b) Additional version of the…
Fig. 7.1 Preoperative radiographs of case example demonstrating bone-on-bone medial compartment arthritis on the AP, maintained posteromedial tibial plateau on the lateral, and maintained joint space between the lateral facet…
Fig. 17.1 Well-positioned lateral unicompartmental arthroplasty Given the relative prevalence of isolated medial versus lateral compartment osteoarthritis, medial UKA is much more common than lateral UKA [8, 16, 17]. Overall,…
(1) Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (2) Department of Spine Surgery, New York-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital, New York, NY, USA KeywordsPosterior lumbar interbody fusionTransforaminal lumbar…
(1) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, USA KeywordsIliumSacroiliacS2AIFixationDeformityIliac boltS2 alar iliacLumbopelvic Pelvic instrumentation in the form of iliac bolts [1] or S2AI screws…
(1) Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (2) Wake Orthopaedics, WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, NC, USA KeywordsLateral lumbar interbody fusionExtreme lateral interbody fusionLumbosacral…
and Peter Grunert2 (1) Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA (2) Astria Health Center, Yakima, WA, USA KeywordsSoft discLumbar stenosisRadiculopathyImagingRedo discectomyRedo laminotomy/laminectomy Overview There is a significant chance that a…
(1) Department of Orthopaedics, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA KeywordsCervicalPosteriorSurgeryPositioningSetupComplicationsMayfieldEquipmentEvaluation Introduction Surgical positioning of patients who are to undergo posterior cervical surgery is complicated and needs to…
