Fig. 2.1 First page of search results from google.com.au using the terms “treatments for knee osteoarthritis” To address the volume of potentially misleading information available to both clinicians and patients,…
1 Knee pain for most days of previous month 2 Osteophytes at joint margins on radiographs 3 Synovial fluid typical of osteoarthritis (laboratory) 4 Age ≥40 years 5 Crepitus on…
Fig. 8.1 Age distribution of all knee procedures (N = 27,158) in the United States in 2013. The mean age (66.7 years) reflects the decreasing age at which knee procedures are being…
Fig. 5.1 Arthroscopic image of microfracture Microfracture is a technique introduced by Steadman et al., which involves the accurate debridement of all unstable and damaged articular cartilage, down to the…
Fig. 6.1 HTO – medial opening wedge Currently HTO is undergoing a revival, particularly in younger more active patients, due to the desire to preserve the native knee, bone stock,…
Medial or lateral compartmental osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis Age >50 years old Weight <124.7 kg Minimal pain at rest Range-of-motion (ROM) arc >90° with <15° flexion contracture Angular deformity <15° that…
Fig. 9.1 Compohe KineSpring® Knee Implant System (Moximed, Inc, Hayward, CA, USA). (a) Femoral base, (b) load absorber spring, (c) tibial base Fig. 9.2 Schematic drawing of the KineSpring® Knee…
Fig. 4.1 Age and gender-adjusted population rates (per 1000) of arthroscopic knee debridement by year [6] 4.2 Trends in the Rate of Arthroscopic Knee Surgery Wai et al. [6] published…
© ISAKOS 2016David A. Parker (ed.)Management of Knee Osteoarthritis in the Younger, Active Patient10.1007/978-3-662-48530-9_10 10. Conclusions David A. Parker1, 2, 3, 4 (1) North Shore Knee Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia (2) Sydney Orthopaedic Research Institute, Chatswood,…
(1) Department of Orthopedic Surgery ASAN Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of South Korea Abstract The surgical techniques of TKA demand probably the…
