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This atlas provides readers with a concise and accessible resource for performing knee arthroscopy, one of the most common orthopaedic procedures in the US and increasingly around the world. Illustrated with over 150 surgical images, residents, consultants and senior surgeons alike will find this atlas to be a key reference for improving knee arthroscopy procedures and outcomes for patients.
List of contents
Part 1 - Getting started.- Operating setup.- Normal anatomy.- Part 2 -The Menisci.- Meniscal ruptures.- Meniscectomy.- Meniscal preservation.- The osteoarthritic knee.- Part 3- Anterior Cruciate Ligament.- Injury patterns.- Diagnosis and indication for surgery.- Skeletal immaturity.- Graft healing and stump preservation.- The transtibial technique.- The anatomic single bundle reconstruction.- The Double Bundle technique.- The individualized ACL reconstruction.- ACL fixation systems.- ACL Graft Choices.- Part 4 -Revision ACL Surgery.- Incidence and importance.- What is a failure of the reconstruction?.- Modes of failure.- Assessment of bone tunnels.- Graft choices.- Previous non anatomic placement.- nitial anatomic reconstruction.- Outcomes after revision ACL.- Part 5. Multiligamentary knee injury.- Part 6.- Arthroscopic treatment of intraarticular fractures around the knee.- Part 7- Chondral pathology.- Part 8 - Patellar instability.- Part 9 -Synovial pathology.
Summary
This atlas provides readers with a concise and accessible resource for performing knee arthroscopy, one of the most common orthopaedic procedures in the US and increasingly around the world.
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“This is a contribution from the European Romanian
team on pathology, imaging, and scoping of knee trauma. … This is a good book
for orthopaedic surgeons.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2015)
“This is a concise and sequential atlas of knee arthroscopy. … The purpose is to provide a practical startup guide to the recognition of normal and abnormal intra-articular pathology. The audience is residents and beginning orthopedic surgeons new to the field of knee arthroscopy.” (Mark R. Hutchinson, Doody’s Book Reviews, September, 2015)
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"This is a contribution from the European Romanian team on pathology, imaging, and scoping of knee trauma. ... This is a good book for orthopaedic surgeons." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, November, 2015)
"This is a concise and sequential atlas of knee arthroscopy. ... The purpose is to provide a practical startup guide to the recognition of normal and abnormal intra-articular pathology. The audience is residents and beginning orthopedic surgeons new to the field of knee arthroscopy." (Mark R. Hutchinson, Doody's Book Reviews, September, 2015)
