Knee Surgery

Knee arthroplasty, or knee replacement, is a surgical procedure in which the knee joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant. Once considered a highly complex operation, it is now a common orthopaedic procedure.

This book is a comprehensive guide to knee replacement. Beginning with an overview of the history of the procedure, the biomechanics of a normal and a replaced knee, surgical approaches and the role of imaging, the following chapters present current concepts on various aspects of knee surgery. Anaesthesia, postoperative pain management and rehabilitation are also discussed.

This 1000-page book is highly illustrated with MRI images and clinical photographs. A DVD ROM demonstrating surgical procedures is also included.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to knee replacement
• Covers numerous surgical procedures, imaging, anaesthesia and postoperative management
• Highly illustrated with MRI images and clinical photographs
• Includes DVD ROM demonstrating techniques

1. History of Total Knee Arthroplasty
2. Biomechanics of the normal and replaced knee
3. Surgical Approaches to Total Knee Arthroplasty
4. Role of imaging & MRI in the knee
5. Current principles on High Tibial Osteotomy, its role in management of unicompartmental degenerative joint disease
6. Choosing the right implant in Total Knee Arthroplasty
7. Role of unicompartment Arthroplasty in arthritis of the knee
8. Patello femoral Arthroplasty
9. Cruciate Retaining in Total Knee Arthroplasty
10. PCL substituting Total Knee Arthroplasty
11. Mobile Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty
12. Patellar resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty
13. Patient specific instrumentation in Total Knee Arthroplasty
14. Navigation in Total Knee Arthroplasty
15. Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty
16. Minimal invasive surgery in Total Knee Arthroplasty
17. Defect management in Total Knee Arthroplasty and Role of Trabecular Metal in TKA.
18. Instability following Total Knee Arthroplasty
19. Osteolysis in total Knee Replacement
20. Managing Extensor Mechanism disruptions in total Knee Replacement
21. Complications following Total Knee Arthroplasty and their management
22. Principles of Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
23. Current Practices in diagnosing Periprosthetic Infection in the knee
24. The Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty & its Management
25. Salvage in a failed Total Knee Arthroplasty
26. Revisions following total knee arthroplasty in aseptic Failures
27. Total Knee Replacement in Stiff Knees
28. Rotating Hinge Knee
29. Anesthesia & Pain management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
30. Rehabilitation in Total Knee Arthroplasty & ligament injuries
31. Anatomy of the knee
32. History of Arthroscopy
33. Portals in knee Arthroscopy
34. Clinical Examination & diagnostic Arthroscopy of the knee
35. The Menisci – Menisectomy & Meniscal Repair
36. Meniscal transplant
37. Cartilage defects- Mosaicplasty/Microfracture/autologous chondrocyte
38. Classification of Ligament injuries
39. ACL reconstruction- different graft options and method
40. Double bundle ACL
41. PCL reconstructions
42. Postero lateral Corner Injuries
43. Revision options in failed ACL & PCL reconstruction
44. The dislocated knee
45. Illustrations of Knee MRI
46. Arthroscopy Images

Ashok Rajgopal MS MCh FRCS
Chairman and Head of Department, Medanta Bone and Joint Institute, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India