MIS of the Hip and the Knee A Clinical Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scuderi, Giles R. (Editor), Tria, Alfred J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2004.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Sports medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Sports Medicine.

This is a new and exciting period in orthopedic surgery. Times are cha- ing,and we are developing techniques to perform joint arthroplasty through smaller and smaller incisions in an effort to reduce the amount of int- operative trauma and expedite the path to recovery. Minimally invasive surgery (M...

Table of Contents:

• The Basic Principles
• Minimally Invasive Orthopaedic Surgery
• The Hip
• Minimally Invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty: The Two-Incision Approach
• Miniincision Total Hip Arthroplasty
• The Knee
• Miniinvasive Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: Indications and Technique
• Instrumentation for Unicondylar Knee Replacement
• Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Approach and Early Results of the Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach
• Unicondylar Knee Surgery: Development of the Minimally Invasive Surgical Approach
• Minimally Invasive Surgery: The Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
• Minimal Incision Surgery in Unicondylar Knee Surgery: The European Experience
• Minimal Incision Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Minimally Invasive Surgery for Total Knee Arthroplasty.