Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Sanchis-Alfonso, Vicente (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

The Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint is designed to be a detailed visual guide, presenting the reader with a wealth of images that will act as a crucial aid when faced with surgery of the knee and particularly that of the patella. All the images, footnotes and summaries are compiled in order to con...

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• Foreword.-Preface.-SECTION I: ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS
• Background
• Patellofemoral malaligment vs Tissue homeostasis
• Myths and truths about patellofemoral disease. Pathogenesis of anterior knee pain and patellar instability
• What have we learned from realignment surgery?
• Biological causes of  anterior knee pain
• In search of the etiology of anterior knee pain
• Biomechanics of the patellofemoral joint
• Implications in the genesis of pain and instability
• Anatomy of patellar dislocation
• Evaluation of the patient with anterior knee pain and patellar instability
• Influence of psycological factors on pain and dissability in patellofemoral pain syndrome
• Uncommon causes of anterior knee  pain
• Risk factors and prevention of anterior knee pain
• Conservative treatment of athletes with anterior knee pain: science, classical and new ideas
• Conservative management of anterior knee pain: the McConnell program
• Squeletal malalignment and anterior knee pain. Rationale, diagnosis and management
• Patellar tendinopathy: Where does the pain come from?
• Pathophysiology of patellofemoral arthritis
• Prevention of anterior knee pain after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.-Donor-site morbidity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autografts
• SECTION II: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INVESTIGATING PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT
• Computacional modeling for investigating patellofemoral joint
• Clinical relevance.-Kinetic and kinematic analysis in evaluating patellofemoral disorders
• SECTION III: CLINICAL CASES COMMENTED
• Complicated cases studies
• Failure of patellofemoral surgery
• Analysis of clinical cases
• Neuromatous knee pain: Evaluation and management
• Posterior knee pain referred from the patellofemoral joint
• SECTION IV: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES
• Reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament
• Reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament
• Reconstruction of the lateral patellofemoral ligament
• Reconstruction of the lateral patellofemoral ligament
• Rotational osteotomy
• Trochleoplasty
• Osteotomies in patella baja / patella alta
• Arthroscopic patellar release for the treatment of patellar tendinopathy
• Anteromedial tibial tubercle osteotomy (Fulkerson osteotomy)
• Autologous chondrocyte implantation.-Patellofemoral arthroplasty: Pearls and pitfalls
• EPILOGUE .