Knee Arthroplasty

Section 1 - Biomechanics.- 1 Knee Biomechanics and Prosthetic Design.- 2 Prosthetic Design and Patellofemoral Function.- Section 2 - Surgical Technique.- 3 Preoperative Planning and Prosthetic Selection.- 4 Surgical Approaches.- 5 Soft-Tissue Balancing.- 6 Patellofemoral Joint.- 7 Bone Grafting in Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Following High Tibial Osteotomy.- 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Stiff Knee.- Section 3 - Prosthetic selection.- 10 Unicompartimental Knee Arthroplasty.- 11 The Posterior Cruciate Ligament and Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 12 Posterior Cruciate Ligament-Substituting Total Knee Arthroplasty: Rationale and Results.- 13 Meniscal-Bearing Knee Arthroplasty.- 14 Total Internal Constraint Prosthesis.- Section 4 - Complications.- 15 Wound Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 16 Mechanical Loosening of Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 17 Treatment of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 18 Periprosthetic Fractures.- 19 Prophylaxis of Deep Vein Thrombosis After Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Section 5 - Miscellanea.- 20 Blood Management in Knee Arthroplasty.- 21 Rehabilitation Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 22 Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.

"... this textbook has the potential to become a standard reference for trainee surgeons who wish to specialise in lower limb arthroplasty." European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology Volume 13, No. 2, 6/2003

Review of modern surgical techniques and materials Critical account of the most common complications Editors and authors from leading specialized clinics