Cement Technique
“There is no excuse for poor cement technique!” This quote was heard quite often from Dr. Krackow, and in every case he paid close attention to detail during this step…
Bone-Cutting Technique
Dr. Krackow was a stickler for precision, and he was relentlessly thinking about how to make his bone-cutting techniques more reproducible and precise. This chapter on bone-cutting technique and accuracy…
Preoperative Planning From Medical Issues to Implants
There is no straightforward answer as to “when to pull the trigger” and offer surgery to a patient with severe knee disease. Surgeons would require a patient to report chronic…
Assessment of Surgical Difficulty
Although surgery cannot be compared with war, Sun Tzu’s philosophies, as written in The Art of War , have been used often in other fields, such as business, politics, and…
Setting Up an Outpatient or Same-Day Discharge Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Program
Introduction When the first edition of this book was released, primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) was a procedure that had a mean length of stay of around 7 days. Dr….
Optimizing Important Comorbidities: Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Cardiac Disease
The decision to recommend any surgery hinges on the severity of pathology and on the various risk factors the patient has while undergoing surgery. The risk–benefit analysis is an integral…
Modify What’s Modifiable: Smoking, Obesity, Opioid Dependence, and Nutritional Deficiencies
Introduction Total joint arthroplasties are some of the most commonly performed procedures in orthopedic surgery and have high success rates. These surgeries can greatly improve a patient’s quality of life….
Patient Considerations: Comorbidities and Optimization
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) continues to be one of the most reliable methods for treating end-stage arthritis when nonoperative management has failed. Choosing which patients would benefit the most from…
Surgical Treatments
Surgical Treatments Khushdeep S. Vig Andrew J. Rosenbaum SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS The majority of foot and ankle conditions in children can be successfully treated nonoperatively, but surgical…
Conservative Treatments
Conservative Treatments Ronald Guberman Karina Tavakalyan Daniel Howell Julien Adicho Elizabet Peraj Rock CJay Positano Timur Davydov Mary Ann Picone The focus of this chapter is nonsurgical treatments for neuropathies….
