Chapter 99 Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty A European Perspective Jean-Noël Argenson, Sebastien Parratte Isolated unicompartmental knee arthritis remains a challenging problem. Surgical management of unicompartmental knee arthritis includes conservative treatment such…
Chapter 32 Arthroscopic Meniscal Resection Yair D. Kissin, W. Norman Scott, Fred D. Cushner The medial and lateral menisci are two semilunar fibrocartilaginous structures that were once thought of as…
Chapter 43 Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Hamstring Tendons Leo Pinczewski, Lucy Salmon, Shinichi Maeno, Catherine Hui The evolution of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery has been from open…
Chapter 128 The Infected Total Knee Replacement Erik P. Severson, Arlen D. Hanssen Deep infection remains one of the most challenging complications following total knee replacement (TKR). The complexity and…
Chapter 23 Osteochondral Autograft Plug Transfer Eli Chen, Nicholas A. Sgaglione The treatment of symptomatic focal articular cartilage defects continues to present a clinical dilemma for many orthopedists. Surgical approaches…
Chapter 39 Medial Ligamentous Injuries of the Knee Acute and Chronic Gehron Treme, Robert C. Schenck, Jr. Introduction Injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) are commonly encountered by orthopedic…
Chapter 150 Allograft Prosthetic Composite Reconstruction of the Knee Christopher P. Beauchamp, Ian D. Dickey BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ALLOGRAFT PROSTHETIC RECONSTRUCTION ALLOGRAFT PROSTHETIC COMPOSITE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE TIBIA—TECHNIQUE EXTENSOR MECHANISM…
Chapter 112 Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty Raymond H. Kim, Douglas A. Dennis Indications for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have expanded as prosthetic designs, implant materials, and surgical techniques have improved….
Chapter 152 Metastatic Disease About the Knee Evaluation and Surgical Treatment Timothy A. Damron TREATMENT PRINCIPLES EVALUATION PREDICTION OF IMPENDING FRACTURE ORTHOPEDIC MANAGEMENT According to the latest cancer statistics, at…
Chapter 142 Advances in Anticoagulation for Total Joint Arthroplasty—The Newer Agents Richard J. Friedman DIRECT FACTOR XA INHIBITORS Mode of Action Apixaban Rivaroxaban DIRECT THROMBIN INHIBITORS Mode of Action Dabigatran…
