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Frank R. Noyes, M. D. Director, Cincinnati Sportsmedicine and Orthopaedic Center Director, Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cincinnati Adjunct Professor, Noyes Giannestras Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Cincinnati suits? The answers to these questions provide a basis for A view of the advances in knee surgery with the sheer amount of new information, procedures, techniques, patient selection and indications for newer treatment and treatment algorithms is somewhat staggering. Con modalities. Most importantly, this knowledge provides sider the past ten years: the number and development the basis upon which an orthopedist counsels a patient of newer arthroscopic procedures, knee ligament re regarding the risks and benefits of operative treatment, constructions, meniscus repairs and transplants, revision to provide informed patient consent. knee surgery, ligament allografts, total knee arthroplas This textbook provides needed and important knowl ties, and treatment of articular cartilage abnormalities. edge to address these issues. The 35 chapters are di All of these advances have resulted in corresponding vided into major knee disease or treatment categories, needs for education, training, and knowledge. The knee discussing the prevention, recognition, and treatment of joint is one of the most frequently operated joints in the knee complications.
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Section I Overview of Complications and Pitfalls in Arthroscopy and Arthroscopic Procedures of the Knee.- 1. Avoiding Complications: Guidelines for Safe Arthroscopic Knee Surgery.- 2. Postarthroscopy Septic Arthritis.- 3. Soft Tissue Complications: Ecchymosis, Hemarthrosis, Chronic Effusion, and Wound Dehiscence.- 4. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Following Knee Surgery.- Section II Complications and Pitfalls in Meniscal Surgery.- 5. Complications of Arthroscopic Meniscectomy.- 6. Complications and Pitfalls in Arthroscopic Meniscus Repair.- 7. Complications and Pitfalls in Meniscal Transplantation.- Section III Complications and Pitfalls in Reconstruction of Cruciate Ligaments.- 8. Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Hamstring Tendons.- 9. Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft.- 10. Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Allograft.- 11. Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Synthetic Grafts.- 12. Complications and Pitfalls in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- 13. Complications and Pitfalls in Extraarticular Knee Surgery.- 14. Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Reconstruction.- Section IV Complications and Pitfalls of Patellofemoral Surgery.- 15. Complications and Pitfalls in Lateral Retinacular Release.- 16. Complications and Pitfalls in Proximal Realignment Procedures.- 17. Complications and Pitfalls in Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy Associated with Distal Extensor Mechanism Realignment.- 18. Complications and Pitfalls in Injuries of the Quadriceps and Patellar Tendon.- Section V Complications and Pitfalls in Fractures around the Knee.- 19. Fractures of the Distal Femur.- 20. Fractures of the Patella.- 21. Fractures Around the Knee in Children.- 22. High Tibial Osteotomy.- Section VI Complications, Pitfalls, and Salvage in Prosthetic Knee Arthroplasty.- 23. Overview of Complications of Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 24. Heterotopic Ossification Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 25. Recurrent Hemarthrosis After Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 26. Unicondylar Arthroplasty.- 27. Patellofemoral Complications Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 28. Extensor Mechanism Complications Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 29. Fractures Around Total Knee Prostheses.- 30. Patellar Fractures in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 31. Soft Tissue Complications After Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Section VII Miscellaneous Complications in Knee Surgery.- 32. Osteochondral Lesions of the Knee.- 33. Cartilage Cell Transplantation.- 34. Arthrofibrosis Following Knee Surgery (Arthroscopic/Open).- Section VIII Unusual Complications in Knee Surgery from around the World: Case Reports.
