Total Knee Revision N. 2

The volume is proposed as a practical text for the management of revision knee, presenting surgical techniques step-by-step.
The text is intended to be a pragmatic reference for residents, fellows and attending surgeons engaged in the treatment of patients undergoing revision of total knee arthroplasty, written by expert surgeons of different continents.
The book is divided in to 25 chapters and describes the basic principles of revision knee: the preoperative planning and the principles to restore the stability, maintaining the joint line and the gap balance.
The second part is the so called step-by-step approach, including chapters describing the approach, implant removal, preservation of a correct alignment and some technical tips and pearls.
The third part underlines all the techniques to restore bone loss and to guarantee the fixation and stability of the implant using different un/cemented stems, cones, sleeves.
The last part is the revision knee experience of experts with the title How I do it.
Contents
REVISION TKA: THE BASICS
Preoperative planning in revision total knee arthroplasty
How to restore stability maintaining the joint line with gap balancing
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE: A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH
Wound complications in total knee arthroplasty
Exposure options for revision total knee arthroplasty
Removal of the femoral and tibial components and use of cemented stem in revision TKA
Femoral component in revision total knee arthroplasty
Tibial component offset in revision total knee arthroplasty
Tips and pearls in revision total knee arthroplasty
MANAGEMENT OF BONE LOSS
Allograft in revision total knee arthroplasty
Modular augments in revision total knee arthroplasty
Screws and cement to treat bone defects in revision TKA
Cemented stems in revision total knee arthroplasty
Use of uncemented stems in revision total knee arthroplasty
Use of the sleeve in revision total knee arthroplasty
Use of cones in revision total knee arthroplasty
Patellar treatment in revision total knee arthroplasty
Allograft reconstruction of the extensor mechanism after TKA
Treatment of extensor mechanism disruption with mesh
Level of constraint in revision total knee arthroplasty
Treatment of infection in two stages
Treatment of infection in one stage
Knee arthrodesis
TOPICS
How I perform a knee revision (American experience)
How I perform a knee revision (European experience)
How I perform a knee revision (Asian experience)
How I perform a knee revision (Middle East experience)