Surgery of the Meniscus

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hulet, Christophe (Editor), Pereira, Helder (Editor), Peretti, Giuseppe (Editor), Denti, Matteo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Rheumatology.; Orthopedics.; Rehabilitation medicine.; Traumatology.; Physiotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Traumatic Surgery.; Rehabilitation Medicine.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book, published in cooperation with ESSKA, provides an exhaustive review of the meniscus and its pathology, covering all aspects from the basic science of the normal meniscus to clinical and imaging diagnosis, meniscus repair and meniscectomy, outcomes and complications, postoperative managemen...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Meniscus Basic Science
• Classification Meniscal Lesions
• Preoperative Clinical Examination and Imaging
• Surgical Technique
• Postoperative Evaluation
• Results
• Indications: Adults
• Lavage, Debridement, and Osteoarthritis
• Post-meniscectomized Knee
• Meniscal Reconstruction - Allograft
• Meniscal Reconstruction – Substitutes
• Substitutes and Future Technology
• Conclusion.