Patellar Instability
Chapter 91 Patellar Instability Richard Y. Hinton, Robert Kyle Fullick Patellofemoral instability is a common cause of subjective complaints and activity impairment in the pediatric population. Conditions may vary from…
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 98 Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Wolfgang Fitz, Richard D. Scott John Repicci’s introduction of minimally invasive techniques to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has led to renewed interest in UKA. Growth…
Kinematic Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 121 Kinematic Alignment in Total Knee Arthroplasty Stephen M. Howell, Maury L. Hull The most important predictor of clinical outcome in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is placement of the…
Fractures of the Patella
Chapter 82 Fractures of the Patella Frank A. Liporace, Joshua R. Langford, George J. Haidukewych Patellar fractures constitute approximately 1% of all bony injuries, with traffic accidents and falls being…
Imaging of Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 10 Imaging of Total Knee Arthroplasty Michael K. Brooks, Christopher J. Palestro, Barbara N. Weissman Total knee arthroplasty results in improvement in overall quality of life in more than…
Osteotomy About the Knee: American Perspective
Chapter 94 Osteotomy About the Knee American Perspective James M. Leone, Arlen D. Hanssen The purpose of realignment osteotomy about an arthritic knee is to transfer weight-bearing forces from the…
Sulcus-Deepening Trochleoplasty
Chapter 65 Sulcus-Deepening Trochleoplasty David DeJour, Paulo R.F. Saggin Normal and Pathologic Anatomy The normal trochlea is located in the anterior aspect of the distal femur. It is composed of…
Meniscal Allograft Transplantation
Chapter 35 Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Kostas Economopoulos, Tom R. Carter, Anikar Chhabra Our understanding of the function of the meniscus has evolved over the past half- century. Historically, the meniscus…
Instability in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Chapter 129 Instability in Total Knee Arthroplasty James A. Browne, Sebastien Parratte, Mark W. Pagnano It has been said that total knee arthroplasty is a soft tissue procedure. Creating rectangular…
Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Chapter 42 Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Robert A. Magnussen, Joseph P. DeAngelis, Kurt P. Spindler Advantages of and Contraindications to Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft Procedures Although general indications…
