Meniscus Surgery
Fig. 3.1 Normal meniscus The menisci enhance the stability of the knee joint by deepening and hence increasing the contact area between the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau. They…
Nonoperative Treatment Options for Knee Osteoarthritis
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,…
Osteoarthritis: Definition, Etiology, and Natural History
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…
Total Knee Arthroplasty for the Young, Active Patient with Osteoarthritis
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…
Cartilage Preservation and Restoration Techniques: Evidence-Based Practice
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…
Periarticular Knee Osteotomy
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,…
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in the Young Patient
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…
New and Evolving Surgical Techniques
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…
Arthroscopic Debridement of the Knee in the Presence of Osteoarthritis
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…
Conclusions
© 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,…
