Chapter 14 Biomechanics and Vibroarthrography of the Patellofemoral Joint Filip Leszko BIOMECHANICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE PATELLA QUADRICEPS MECHANISM MOMENT ARMS What Is a Moment Arm? Literature Data Discrepancy Moment Arms…
Chapter 104 Surgical Approaches in Total Knee Arthroplasty Standard and MIS Techniques Nilesh Patil, Michael P. Nett, Alfred Tria, Jr., Giles R. Scuderi Critical to exposing the knee during total…
Chapter 40 Fibular Collateral Ligament and the Posterolateral Corner Robert F. LaPrade, Jeffrey A. Macalena Although less commonly injured than the cruciate ligaments or the medial knee ligament complex, injuries…
Chapter 111 Posterior Cruciate Ligament–Substituting Total Knee Arthroplasty Michael P. Nett, Gregory J. Roehrig, Giles R. Scuderi, W. Norman Scott Posterior cruciate substitution in total knee arthroplasty gathered momentum and…
Chapter 33 Arthroscopy-Assisted Inside-Out and Outside-In Meniscus Repair Robert A. Magnussen, Richard C. Mather, Dean C. Taylor, Claude T. Moorman, III Meniscal tears are an extremely common cause of knee…
Chapter 8 Internal Derangements Menisci and Cartilage Kristen E. McClure, William B. Morrison Meniscus Anatomy The medial and lateral menisci of the knee are fibrocartilaginous semicircular structures that act as…
Chapter 108 Cementless Total Knee Designs Leo A. Whiteside History Cement use in arthroplasty remains a controversial issue and has decreased sharply in total hip, total shoulder, and total ankle…
Chapter 34 All-Inside Arthroscopic Meniscal Repair Kimberly A. Turman, F. Winston Gwathmey, Jr., David R. Diduch The concept of meniscal repair was first described by Annandale in 1885.5 It is…
Chapter 31 Healing of Knee Ligaments and Menisci Seth L. Sherman, Scott A. Rodeo Muscle, ligaments, and menisci complement the bony architecture of the knee and allow for normal kinematics…
Chapter 81 Tibial Plateau Fractures Joshua R. Langford, David J. Jacofsky, George J. Haidukewych Fractures of the tibial plateau represent only 1% to 2% of all fractures but account for…
