The Knee-a volume in the new Arthritis and Arthroplasty series-offers expert guidance on everything from patient selection and pre-operative planning to surgical approaches and techniques. Clear, evidence-based coverage details which technology and methodology used for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), reconstruction or revision is best for each patient. Access discussions of debates on sizing and balancing, minimally invasive surgery, component removal, management of bone loss and ligament insufficiency in revision TKA, infection, peirprosthetic fractures and more. Explore alternatives to TKA in younger arthritic patients and view expertly narrated video demonstrations of surgical techniques. In addition to providing practical, pragmatic advice in a concise, readable format, this Expert Consult title offers the full text of the book, as well as links to PubMed and periodic content updates, online at expertconsult.com. Access the full text of the book-as well as links to PubMed and periodic content updates on outcome data, component materials, and surgical techniques-online at expertconsult.com. Features procedural videos-narrated by experts-on the included DVD so you can see how to perform particular techniques. Covers arthroscopic debridement, patellofemoral maltracking and other hot topics to keep you abreast of the latest developments in the specialty. Provides evidence-based, clinically focused guidance on patient selection, pre-operative planning, surgical approach and techniques, bearing surfaces and component materials, disease specific options, the management and avoidance of complications, salvage and revision TKA strategies, and more. Discusses variations in technique, bearing options and design components; including minimally invasive TKA, fixed versus mobile-bearing TKA, and posterior stabilized (PS) versus cruciate retaining knee designs so you can choose which is most effective for each patient. Explores alternatives to TKA in younger arthritic patients, including arthroscopy, cartilage repair and replacement,, distal femoral arthroplasty and unicompartmental arthroplasty. Includes a review page in every chapter for quick reference to pearls and pitfalls for each topic. Presents photographs and interpretive drawings of surgical techniques in full color to bring out intraoperative details as they appear in the operating room. Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: Surgical Treatment of the Arthritic Knee: Alternatives to TKA Chapter 1. Arthroscopic Debridement of the Arthritic Knee: Is There Still A Role?, S. Raymond Golish and David R. Diduch Chapter 2. Cartilage Repair and Replacement: From OATS to Allograft, Matthew T. Provencher, Christopher B. Dewing, Sam Akhavan, Anthony Miniaci. Allison G. McNickle, Adam B. Yanke, and Brian J. Cole Chapter 3. Distal Femoral Osteotomy for Genu Valgum, Matthew j. Phillips and Leslie Murli Manohar Chapter 4. Principles of Correction for Monocompartmental Arthritis of the Knee, Dror Paley Chapter 5. Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty, V. Karthik Jonna andAlfred J. Tria, Jr. Chapter 6. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty, Kevin J. Mulhall and Diarmuid Molony Part 2: Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Chapter 7. Surgical Approaches for Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Old and New, Stephen R. Thompson and Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr Chapter 8. Soft Tissue Balancing During Total Knee Arthroplasty, William M. Mihalko, Kyle J. Messick, Kenneth A. Krackow, and Leo A. Whiteside Chapter 9. Sizing and Balancing: Gap Technique vs. Measured Resection, Michael N. Kang and Giles R. Scuderi Chapter 10. PCL retaining TKA KA Hogan, TS Thornhill Chapter 11. Posterior Stabilized TKA , Christopher W. Olcott Chapter 12. Mobile Bearing TKA, Joseph T. Moskal and Vincent J Williams Chapter 13. Intra-operative Complications during TKA: How to Get Out of Trouble, Lowery Barnes and Richard Scott Chapter 14. Minimally Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty, Peter M. Bonutti, Mike S. McGrath, David R. Marker, Ronald E. Delanois, Slif D. Ulrich, and Michael A. Mont Part 3: Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: The Basics Chapter 15. Evaluation of the Painful/Failed TKA, Patrick Morgan and Terence J Gioe Chapter 16. Soft Tissue Issues: Exposure and Coverage, William J. Long and Fred D. Cushner Chapter 17. Surgical Exposure in Total Knee Arthroplasty, Leo A. Whiteside Chapter 18. Removal of Well Fixed Components during Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, Jason Oliviero, William M. Mihalko, Quanjun Cui, Sean M. Jones-Quaidoo, Leo A. Whiteside, and James Rand, and Khaled J. Saleh Chapter 19. Balancing the Revision TKA: Restraint with Constraint, Kelly G. Vince, Martin Bedard, and Ed Ebramzadeh Chapter 20. Management of Bone Loss: Structural Grafts in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty, Oleg Safir, Allan E. Gross, and David Backstein Chapter 21. Addressing Ligament Deficiency in Revision TKA, Peter F. Sharkey and Omar Abdul-Hadi Chapter 22. Adjunctive Fixation in TKA Revision: Stems and Sleeves, Bryan D. Springer Chapter 23. Revision TKA Utilizing Mobile Bearing Technology, Jon E. Minter Chapter 24. Patellar Revision/ Reconstruction, Gregory K. Deirmengian and Craig L. Israelite Part 4: Total Knee Complications and Potential Solutions Chapter 25. The Infected Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty, William M. Mihalko, Abhijit Manaswi, Thomas Brown, Quanjun Cui, and Khaled J. Saleh Chapter 26. Patellofemoral Maltracking: Identification and Solutions, Karen J. Boselli, Gwo-Chin Lee, and Jonathan P. Garino Chapter 27. Extensor Mechanism Rupture, Carl A. Deirmengian and Jess H. Lonner Chapter 28. The Stiff Total Knee Arthroplasty: Evaluation and Treatment, Gwo-Chin Lee and Norman A. Johanson Chapter 29. Periprosthetic Fractures about Total Knee Replacements: Repair or Revise, Mohammed A. Khadder, Amir A. Jamali, and Paul E. Di Cesare Chapter 30. Limb Salvage for Failed TKA: Arthrodesis and Beyond, David McQueen