Main description:

Knee arthroplasty is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve the pain and disability of osteoarthritis. It may also be performed for other knee diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

Improving Accuracy in Knee Arthroplasty discusses new technology allowing the design of implants to be adapted for individual patients. Beginning with an introduction to knee alignment and misalignment, the following sections examine anatomical landmarks in the normal and arthritic knee, instruments, navigation in knee arthroplasty, robotics and soft tissue guided surgery.

With contributions from a renowned author and editor team from the UK, USA and Europe, this comprehensive manual includes more than 400 colour images and illustrations.

Key Features

Comprehensive guide to improving accuracy in knee arthroplasty

Discusses new technology allowing implant design to be adapted to individual patients

Renowned author and editor team from the UK, USA and Europe

More than 400 colour images and illustrations

Contents:

What is Alignment and Malalignment?
Alignment? How Do We Measure It?
Frontal and Sagittal Alignment in Knee Arthroplasty
Rotational Alignment in Knee Arthroplasty
Finding Anatomical Landmarks in the Normal and Arthritic Knee
Patient's Anatomy: To Change or To Reconstruct?
Alignment and Biomechanics: A Surgeon's Perspective
The Impact of the Foot on Weight Bearing Alignment
Intra-articular Impact of Extra-articular Alignment Deformity
Navigation in Knee Arthroplasty
Mimics Software in Knee Arthroplasty
Patient Specific Instruments: Past, Present and Future
MRI and CT-based Cutting Guides Type MyKnee
MRI and CT-based Pinning Guides Type Signature
Kinematically Aligned TKA with MRI-based Cutting Guides
MRI-based Pin Guide Patient Specific Instruments
Full Leg and MRI-based Cutting Guides Type Visionaire
CT-based Cutting Guides Type Prophecy
CT-based Cutting Guides Type TruMatch
Individualized Total Knee Arthroplasty
Unicompartmental Arthroplasty with Patient Specific Guides
Unicompartmental Arthroplasty with Patient Specific Instruments for the Zimmer Unicompartmental High Flex Knee
Robotic Knee Arthroplasty Type MAKO Plasty
Patient Matched Robotic Unicondylar Arthroplasty
PSI as a Teaching Tool
Soft Tissue-based Alignment with E-Libra