Fig. 11.1 Minimal but adequate knee exposure is shown The concept of MIS generally involves: (1) smaller incisions of approximately 10–13 cm; (2) patella dislocation without eversion (Fig. 11.2); (3)…
Fig. 20.1 A 70 years old male presented with progressive knee- distal femur pain over 3 months. (a) X-ray reveals a predominantly lytic lesion with intra-lesional calcifications of the distal…
Fig. 16.1 Satisfactory clinical and radiological outcome of a cemented Genesis II TKA at 16 years follow up Cementless fixation was developed in order to achieve a more physiological bond…
Publication Prosthesis (PCL-retaining) Survivorship (Revision for any reason as end point except where noted) 5 years 10 years ≥12 years Ritter (1995) [19] AGC 98 %a Malkani (1995) [20]…
Fig. 18.1 Condylar Constrained Implant. A tall tibial post articulates in the intercondylar femoral box. 1.2° of valgus/varus and 2–3° of rotation are allowed in this particular implant. Most implants…
Fig. 25.1 The detector device used to monitor relevant object in the operating field, collecting real time data relating to their location and orientation is shown. It detects the joint…
Fig. 17.1 Radiograph of a 76 year old female patient showing a right PS TKA 14 years after surgery and an uncemented TKA 18 years after surgery for the left…
Fig. 3.1 The polycentric total knee arthroplasty is shown The first metal backed tibial component with modular polyethylene inserts was designed and implanted by Nas Eftekhar at the New York…
Fig. 14.1 Polyethylene spin-out, in a patient with LCS® RP TKR, 13 months after implantation. Dislocation and instability have been major concerns after the introduction of the RP TKR designs….
Physical Functional Psychological/emotional Social/occupational For decades, surgical prosthetic interventions were objectively assessed through operative complications, the survival and lifetime of implanted materials, morbidity and mortality rates. More recently other subjective…
