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The Social Psychological Study of Widespread Beliefs

The Social Psychological Study of Widespread Beliefs

Reducing the Burden of Headache

Reducing the Burden of Headache

Controversies in Knee Surgery

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This book is a comprehensive review of the subject of knee surgery with particular emphasis on the reconstruction of knee injuries. The book covers the topics of meniscal, ligament and articular cartilage injuries, their diagnosis, investigation and treatment options. The book specifically addresses the difficult and controversial areas of such surgery with descriptions of the different treatment options, extensive literature review, review of the reported success and details of surgical techniques. The authors are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds with surgeons from the USA, the UK and Europe but also from Australia. The book also provides expert and essential backgrounds to some of the difficult topics in knee surgery by bioengineers and basic scientists.

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Table Of Content

Section 1 - Primary Anterior Crucite Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
1: What is the natural history of ACL injury in the athletic individual?, Aglietti & Giron
2: Does ACL reconstruction prevent articular degeneration? The ACL risk equation, Marks, Droll & Cameron
3: Primary ACL reconstruction: What are the best methods of fixation for grafts used in ACL reconstruction surgery?, Brown
4: Bone-tendon-bone autograft ACL reconstruction is the most effective surgical option for restoring anterior knee stability following ACL injury, Mair & Johnson
5: Implications of tunnel widening in the ACL reconstructed knee, Clatworthy
6: Primary ACL reconstruction: Does gender matter in the outcomes of ACL reconstruction surgery?, Crites & Curl
7: Lactic and glycolic acid-based bioresorbable polymeric materials in ACL reconstrction, Vert
8: Bio-absorbable interference screws in ACL reconstruction, Johnson & Koh
9: The physiology of bone-tendon healing must be considered for successful ACL reconstruction rehabilitation, Jones & Suh
10: The evolution of rehabilitation for ACL reconstruction, Shelbourne & Dersam
11: ACL Reconstruction in the Skeletally Immature: indications, methodology and concerns, Paletta
12: Indications for ACL reconstruction in the over-forty age group, Bartlett
Section 2 - Revision ACL reconstruction
13: Graft options for revision ACL reconstruction: which is most effective?, Carson, Sexton & Jones
14: One stage versus two stage revision ACL reconstruction: indications and techniques, Puddu & Cerullo
Section 3 - Medial collateral ligament
15: Medial collateral ligament repair at the time of primary ACL reconstruction: when and why, Guettler & Higgins
Section 4 - Lateral collateral ligament/postero-lateral corner
16: Acute repair of the posterolateral structures of the knee results in superior clinical outcomes compared to current methods of reconstruction, Allen & Lopez
17: Reconstruction methods for the lateral side of the knee: what we do, Wahl & Warren
Section 5 - Arthritic ACL deficient knees
18: Arthritis in the ACL deficient knee: what is the best approach?, Williams & Johnson
19: Arthritic ACL-deficient knees - is there increased patient morbidity following combined high tibial osteotomy/ACL reconstruction?, Marti & Jakob
Section 6 - Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)
20: Natural history of PCL injuries, Shelbourne & Guse
21: PCL reconstruction: is it necessary following PCL rupture?, Herrenbruck & Bergfeld
22: PCL reconstruction: the double-bundle PCL reconstruction is most effective for restoring posterior tibiofemoral laxity, Amis
Section 7 - Meniscus and cartilage injury
23: Meniscus and cartilage injury: Does meniscal allograft transplantation prevent articular cartilage degeneration?, Rodeo
24: Indications, preservation, and implant techniques for mensical allograft transplantation, van Arkel
25: Microfracture arthroplasty is an effective means of treating full thickness cartilage lesions of the knee, Steadman, Rodkey & Briggs
26: Autologous chondrocyte implantation can effectively treat most cartilage lesions of the knee, Brittberg & Peterson
27: Fresh osteochondral allograft transplantation for the treatment of hyaline cartilage defect: is this a viable surgical alternative?, Shubin Stein & Williams
Section 8 - Complex knee injury
28: It is best to surgically address all injured ligaments in the acute injury period, Verdonk & Almqvist
29: Chronic multi-ligament knee injuries are best treated using osteotomies about the knee, Ait Si Selmi, Neyret, de Freitas, Lootens & Jacquot
30: Indications and outcomes of acute, simultaneous ACL and PCL reconstruction, Elkousy, Sekiya & Harner
31: Knee motion loss: why does it happen and what does one do about it?, Branch & Browne

Publish Date 1 Aug 2004
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