Traumatic Injuries of the Knee

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rodrìguez-Merchán, E. Carlos (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

This book reviews the most important traumatic injuries that occur around the knee joint, providing detailed information on mechanisms of injury, diagnosis, and treatment. A wide range of injuries are covered, including jumper’s knee, meniscus tears, knee ligament injuries, knee extensor mechanism i...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Distal femural fractures
• 2 Tibial plateau fractures
• 3 Patellar fractures
• 4 Patellar dislocations and osteochondral fractures
• 5 Traumatic knee dislocation
• 6 Floating knee
• 7 Non-union and malunion around the knee
• 8 Knee extensor mechanism injuries
• 9 Meniscus tears
• 10 Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
• 11 Runner’s knee and patellar tendinopathy.