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 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…
Chapter 116 Computer-Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty S. David Stulberg Computer-assisted surgery (CAS) has emerged as one of the most important technologies in orthopedic surgery, and many of the initial applications…
Chapter 102 Bicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Michael S. Shin, V. Karthik Jonna, Alfred J. Tria, Jr. * Partial knee arthroplasty developed in the 1950s with devices such as the McKeever and…
Chapter 57 Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Transtibial Double-Bundle Technique Gregory C. Fanelli Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) surgical reconstruction may be unsuccessful because of failure to recognize and treat associated ligament…
