Cement Fixation for Total Knee Arthroplasty John B. Meding, MD Historically, cement has been the preferred method of fixation among knee surgeons for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Although some cementless…
Mobile-Bearing Knee Replacement Humza S. Shaikh, MD Malcolm E. Dombrowski, MD Richard A. Wawrose, MD Lawrence S. Crossett, MD HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOBILE BEARINGS The need for mobile bearings…
Bicruciate Retaining in Total Knee Arthroplasty Christopher E. Pelt, MD, FAAOS INTRODUCTION While originally utilized for elderly, low-demand with good outcomes, the use of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for younger…
Medial Pivot Knee Mark Oyer, MD Ryan E. Harold, MD Richard Nicolay, MD Matthew D. Beal, MD PERSONAL STATEMENT There is a strong bias in this chapter favoring the medial…
Ultracongruent Total Knee Arthroplasty Adolph V. Lombardi Jr, MD, FACS Noah T. Mallory, Pre-medical Year-4 INTRODUCTION Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a widely successful surgical procedure to help severe cases…
Posterior Stabilization in Total Knee Arthroplasty Giles R. Scuderi, MD, FACS Douglas Vanderbrook, MD HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE The present day posterior-stabilized (PS) total knee arthroplasty (TKA) design is the product of…
Posterior Cruciate Ligament Retention in Total Knee Replacement J. Joseph Gholson, MD Brett R. Levine, MD, MS Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) retention in a well-balanced total knee arthroplasty (TKA) construct…
Robotic Applications for Total Knee Arthroplasty Kenneth Gustke, MD INTRODUCTION Orthopedic surgeons continue to seek a better technique to perform total knee arthroplasty to match the greater perceived outcomes of…
Computer Guidance Hiba K. Anis, MD Nipun Sodhi, MD Joseph O. Ehiorobo, MD Michael A. Mont, MD INTRODUCTION For the modern total knee arthroplasty (TKA), some of the common mechanisms…
Patient Specific Instrumentation Jessica Morton, MD Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, MSc Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD BACKGROUND Patient specific instrumentation (PSI) has undergone several iterations as technology has improved. Initially instruments were…
