Fractures Around the Knee

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Castoldi, Filippo (Editor), Bonasia, Davide Edoardo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Fracture Management Joint by Joint,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Traumatic Surgery.

This comprehensive book is more than a complete reference on knee fractures and associated injuries: it is also a decision-making and surgical guide that will assist trauma, knee, sports medicine, and total joint surgeons in planning and executing specific procedures for different traumatic conditio...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Patellar fractures
• 2 Tibial Eminence Fractures
• 3 Management of distal femoral fractures (Extraarticular)
• 4 Management of distal femoral fractures (Intraarticular)
• 5 Management of simple proximal tibia fractures (Schatzker type I-IV)
• 6 Management of complex proximal tibia fractures (Schatzker type V and VI)
• 7 Total knee replacement as initial treatment of knee fractures
• 8 Floating knee
• 9 Periprosthetic fractures
• 10 Management of the complications following fractures around the knee (Infection and Non-union)
• 11 Management of the complications following fractures around the knee (Malalignment and unicompartmental arthritis)
• 12 Management of the complications following fractures around the knee (post-traumatic bi-tricompartmental arthritis). .