TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE

This book offers a comprehensive guide to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) that will assist in achieving excellent outcomes based on a sound understanding and technique. After an introductory section on the native knee that covers the anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and patterns of disease, all aspects of primary knee arthroplasty are discussed in detail. Individual chapters are devoted to topics such as acute pain management, the role of technological aids, prosthetic kinematics, alignment targets, unicompartmental arthroplasty, patellar resurfacing, outcome measures, and cost-effectiveness. An extensive section explains the causes and management of potential complications, including aseptic failure, infections, and periprosthetic fracture. The surgical techniques appropriate for revision knee arthroplasty are described separately, and guidelines on how to deal with bone loss, instability, and extensor mechanism failure are provided. The authors are all respected experts from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Europe.

Table of contents (24 chapter)
1.Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics of the Native Knee
2.The Arthritic Knee: Etiology and Patterns of Disease
3.Inflammatory Arthropathy of the Knee
4.Medicolegal Considerations – The Consent Process
5.Patient Preparation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Reducing Blood Loss, Thromboprophylaxis and Reducing Infection Risk
6.Acute Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
7.Outcome Measures in Total Knee Arthroplasty
8.Longevity: Characteristics of a Well-Functioning, Long-Lasting Total Knee Arthroplasty
9.The Cost-Effectiveness of Knee Arthroplasty
10.Surgical Technique of Total Knee Arthroplasty: Basic Concepts Including Surgical Approaches, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Simultaneous Bilateral Arthroplasty
11.Technological Aids in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Navigation, Patient-Specific Instrumentation, and Robotics
12.Prosthetic Kinematics: Cruciate Retaining Versus Posterior Stabilized Versus Medial Pivot
13.Alignment Targets in Total Knee Arthroplasty
14.Primary Knee Arthroplasty: The Patella-Resurfacing Options
15.Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
16.Aseptic Failure in Total Knee Arthroplasty
17.The Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection
18.Total Knee Arthroplasty Associated Infections: Treatment Strategies
19.Periprosthetic Fractures
20.Aetiology of Patient Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
21.Principles of Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Incisions, Approaches, Implant Removal and Debridement
22.Bone Loss in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
23.Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique in Dealing with Instability
24.Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique in Dealing with Extensor Mechanism Failure