Soft Tissue Healing
Chapter 78 Soft Tissue Healing Susan Craig Scott, Robert S. Reiffel A patient who is to undergo total knee arthroplasty is focused on relief of pain and increased mobility, major…
ORTHOPEDIC
Evaluation of the Patient With a Bone Lesion About the Knee
Chapter 147 Evaluation of the Patient With a Bone Lesion About the Knee Ginger E. Holt HISTORY Symptoms Patient Age Activity Level Past Medical History PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IMAGING Local Systemic…
Articular Cartilage Injury and Adult OCD: Treatment Options and Decision Making
Chapter 21 Articular Cartilage Injury and Adult OCD Treatment Options and Decision Making Nicole A. Friel, Sarvottam Bajaj, Brian J. Cole Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is a pathologic process in which…
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Guidelines
Chapter 136 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Guidelines Paul F. Lachiewicz BACKGROUND RATIONALE AND METHODOLOGY RECOMMENDATIONS DISCUSSION Clinical guidelines in medicine have been devised to standardize and improve patient care…
Osteotomy and the Cruciate-Deficient Knee
Chapter 51 Osteotomy and the Cruciate-Deficient Knee Randy Clark, Annunziato Amendola Estimates report 100,000 new anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries each year in the United States, with an overall incidence…
Arthroscopic Treatment of Degenerative Arthritis of the Knee
Chapter 28 Arthroscopic Treatment of Degenerative Arthritis of the Knee Jack M. Bert Significant controversy exists regarding the arthroscopic treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The indications for arthroscopic…
Complications of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Chapter 48 Complications of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Jason D. Archibald, Geoffrey S. Baer Rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common ligament injuries to…
Fluoroscopic Analysis of Total Knee Replacement
Chapter 13 Fluoroscopic Analysis of Total Knee Replacement John Kyle P. Mueller, Richard D. Komistek, Mohamed R. Mahfouz, Douglas A. Dennis PRINCIPLES OF FLUOROSCOPY Radiographic Image Prediction Modeling Methods CLINICAL…
Articular Cartilage Repair With Bioscaffolds
Chapter 26 Articular Cartilage Repair With Bioscaffolds Jack Farr, II, Andreas Gomoll The goal of articular cartilage restoration is to recreate normal hyaline cartilage at the site of a cartilage…
Advances in Mechanical Compression Devices
Chapter 143 Advances in Mechanical Compression Devices Andrew I. Spitzer MECHANICAL DEVICES THE ROLE OF MECHANICAL COMPRESSION AFTER TKA EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS “The prevention of thrombophlebitis and pulmonary…
