Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty

Edited by two leading authorities in the field, this volume is a technique-oriented "how-to" guide to an increasingly performed procedure, corrective surgery for the failed total knee arthroplasty. This book offers an in-depth, comprehensive approach for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, and residents to revision total knee arthroplasty and its complications. More than 350 illustrations - 60 in full color - complement detailed descriptions of surgical procedures. This book offers clinical pearls on topics such as diagnosis and evaluation, pre-op planning and component selection, surgical approach, revision technique, post-op complications, and salvage-all covered by top experts in the field.

List of contents

Diagnosis and Evaluation.- Reoperation After Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- The Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Radiological Evaluation of Total Knee Arthroplasty.- General Principles of Revision Surgery.- Skin Exposure Issues.- Exposure Options for Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Removal of the Femoral and Tibial Components for Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Allograft in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Modular Augments in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Custom Implants in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Femoral Alignment.- Tibial Alignment.- Use of Stems in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Restoration of Stability, Maintaining Joint Line, Gap Balancing, and Constraint Selection.- Management of the Extensor Mechanism During Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Special Considerations.- Infection in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Periprosthetic Fractures After Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Total Knee Arthroplasty After Failed High Tibial Osteotomy.- Total Knee Arthroplasty Following Prior Unicompartmental Replacement.- Hinge Implants.- Total Knee Arthroplasty After Fractures About the Knee.- Insert Exchange.- Management of the Stiff Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Aseptic Synovitis.- Prodromes of Failure After Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Economics of Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Increasing Prevalence, Decreasing Reimbursement.- Salvage Knee Surgery: Arthrodesis.

Summary

Edited by two leading authorities in the field, this volume is a technique-oriented "how-to" guide to an increasingly performed procedure, corrective surgery for the failed total knee arthroplasty. This book offers an in-depth, comprehensive approach for orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine specialists, and residents to revision total knee arthroplasty and its complications. More than 350 illustrations – 60 in full color – complement detailed descriptions of surgical procedures. This book offers clinical pearls on topics such as diagnosis and evaluation, pre-op planning and component selection, surgical approach, revision technique, post-op complications, and salvage–all covered by top experts in the field.

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From the reviews:

"This book edited by two prominent knee surgeons provides an update on revision knee anthroplasty, along 27 chapters written by a total of 42 contributors. … To the interested surgeon, this book is a delight to read, and he will definitely find a number of technical hints for difficult situations he may encounter. … every senior trainee and every surgeon involved in knee anthroplasty will find it of interest." (R. Lemaire, Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, Vol. 72 (1), 2006)

"A book which presents a contemporary and comprehensive review of revision knee anthroplasty. … While there are several books on revision knee anthroplasty on the market, I would highly recommend this volume for its clarity of illustration, its choice of authors and the way in which they have applied their wide knowledge and expertise to the various topics. … With increasing number of patients requiring revision knee surgery this type of book is to be highly valued." (G. S. E. Dowd, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 87 (12), 2005)

"The revision surgery of knee prostheses became a considerable share of the activity of the orthopaedic surgeons … . it is about a demanding and readily complex surgery requiring a solid experiment. … The iconography, readily color, is superb. The bibliography is very complete, primarily anglosaxone. It is about an undeniable success." (Laurent Balabaud, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Vol. 19, 2009)

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From the reviews:

"This book edited by two prominent knee surgeons provides an update on revision knee anthroplasty, along 27 chapters written by a total of 42 contributors. ... To the interested surgeon, this book is a delight to read, and he will definitely find a number of technical hints for difficult situations he may encounter. ... every senior trainee and every surgeon involved in knee anthroplasty will find it of interest." (R. Lemaire, Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, Vol. 72 (1), 2006)
"A book which presents a contemporary and comprehensive review of revision knee anthroplasty. ... While there are several books on revision knee anthroplasty on the market, I would highly recommend this volume for its clarity of illustration, its choice of authors and the way in which they have applied their wide knowledge and expertise to the various topics. ... With increasing number of patients requiring revision knee surgery this type of book is to be highly valued." (G. S. E. Dowd, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 87 (12), 2005)
"The revision surgery of knee prostheses became a considerable share of the activity of the orthopaedic surgeons ... . it is about a demanding and readily complex surgery requiring a solid experiment. ... The iconography, readily color, is superb. The bibliography is very complete, primarily anglosaxone. It is about an undeniable success." (Laurent Balabaud, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Vol. 19, 2009)

Product details

• Authors: C. S. Ranawat
• Assisted by: James V. Bono (Editor), D Scott (Editor), D Scott (Editor), Richard D. Scott (Editor), Jame V Bono (Editor), James V Bono (Editor), C.S. Ranawat (Foreword), R.H. Turner (Foreword)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.01.2013
• EAN: 9781441919748
• ISBN: 978-1-4419-1974-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 17 mm x 282 mm
• Weight: 768 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 292 p. 357 illus., 82 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; A, Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Orthopaedics, Surgical Orthopedics, Surgical orthopaedics & fractures