Deformity Correction in Total Knee Arthroplasty

• Main Authors: Mullaji, Arun B. (Author), Shetty, Gautam M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

With rapid advancement in technology and materials in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), long-term survival and function of the total knee is now more and more dependent on restoring accurate limb alignment, precise component position and optimum soft-tissue balance. Proper technique is key to ensuring...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Preoperative Planning and Basic Technique of Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Preoperative Planning
• Basic Technique of Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Part II: Coronal Plane Deformities
• Varus Deformity
• Valgus Deformity
• Part III: Sagittal Plane Deformities
• Flexion Deformity
• Hyperextension Deformity
• Part IV: Complex Deformities
• Rotational Deformity
• Extra-Articular Deformity
• The Stiff Knee
• The Unstable Knee
• Osteotomies in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Postoperative Pain Management and Rehabilitation.