Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 2.1 Anteroposterior (a), lateral (b), and axial (c) radiographs of a 71-year-old woman with severe idiopathic knee osteoarthritis Rolauffs et al. identified the presence of angular characteristics of spatial…

Fig. 22.1 The zonal classification of component fixation in revision TKA (Reproduced with permission and copyright © of the British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery. Morgan-Jones et al….

Fig. 3.1 Severe rheumatoid arthritis in a 78-year-old woman, affecting the hands (a, b), feet (c), and knees (d, e). A TKA of the left knee was indicated Fig. 3.2…

Fig. 8.1 Standing long-leg radiograph of a patient with neutral mechanical alignment after a left primary cemented posterior-stabilized TKA 8.2.2 Sagittal Alignment Tibial slope is generated by the proximal tibial…

Indications Contraindications Older age Younger age Anterior knee pain and patellofemoral symptoms Short, thin patients Radiographic patellofemoral changes and loss of patellofemoral articular cartilage observed intraoperatively Well-preserved patellar articular cartilage…

Fig. 12.1 Trial posterior-stabilized components (Triathlon(®) (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, US) The cam and post design of the PS TKA was introduced in 1978 to aid in knee flexion by facilitating…

Fig. 18.1 Anteroposterior (AP) radiograph of a left knee with an implanted dynamic spacer (a). Lateral radiograph of the same knee with the implanted dynamic spacer (b) Fig. 18.2 AP…

Fig. 16.1 AP (left) and lateral radiographs (right) of a TKA which has failed through aseptic loosening CT scans are indicated to evaluate bone stock and osteolysis and are useful…

Fig. 15.1 (a–e) Radiographs and clinical images of a 66-year-old man with a painful medial arthritis of the knee that is resistant to the medical treatment. A fixed-bearing UKA was…