Knee Surgery - Current Practice (Knee Diagnosis and Treatment) Includes 873 Illustrations and Drawings

Many areas in knee diagnosis and treatment are controversial. In this book each chapter includes an overview of its topic to guide the reader: experts from North America, Europe, Australia and Japan then contribute up-to-date views on and their own current practice in contentious areas. Heavily illustrated text covering diagnostic methods and interpretations (imaging, arthroscopy) and surgical and medical procedures applicable to degenerative, traumatic, and congenital disorders. MAIN UNIT TITLES: 1) Investigations 2) Arthroscopy and Meniscal Surgery 3) Meniscus Disorders and Transplants 4) Biomechanics of Ligamentous Disorders of the Knee 5) Acute Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury 6) Chronic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency 7) Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury 8) Patellofemoral Joint Disorders 9) Chondral and Osteochondral Lesions 10) Synovial Disorders 11) Children's Knee Derangements 12)Congenital Discoid Lateral Meniscus in Children 13) Fractures Around the Knee 14) Osteoarthritis: Conservative Surgery 15) Osteotomy in Osteoarthritis 16) Unicompartmental Replacement Arthroplasty 17) Total Knee Replacement 18) Revision Arthroplasty of the Knee 19) Medical Management of the Rheumatoid Knee 20) Anterior Knee Pain 21) Documentation and Evaluation in Disorders of the Knee