Main description:

"Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: A Practical Guide to Management" offers the orthopaedic resident, orthopaedic surgeon and physician in sports medicine the most recent and advanced knowledge needed to diagnosis and treat PCL (posterior cruciate ligament) injuries successfully. The book is a comprehensive and practical volume that covers everything from biomechanics and anatomy, non-operative treatment, and rehabilitation, to the latest surgical treatments of PCL injuries using arthroscopy, grafts and synthetic ligament substitutes. Included are select case studies that demonstrate how highlighted approaches are applied.

Contents:

1. Anatomy of the posterior cruciate ligament; 2. Anatomy of the posterolateral corner; 3. Anatomy of the posteromedial corner; 4. Biomechanics of the PCL and posterolateral corner. 5. Clinical examination of PCL and posterolateral instability; 6. Magnetic resonance imaging of the PCL; 7. Instrumented clinical evaluation of PCL and posterolateral instability 8. Arthroscopic evaluation of the PCL; 9. The natural history of the PCL deficient knee; 10. Non-operative treatment of PCL injuires; 11. Graft selection in PCL surgery; 12. Arthroscopically assisted PCL reconstruction: transtibial tunnel technique; 13. Arthroscopically assisted PCL reconstruction: tibial inlay technique; 14. Arthroscopically assistaed PCL resonstruction: double femoral tunnel technique; 15. PCL reconstruction using synthetic ligament substitute; 16. Arthroscopically assisted combined ACL/PCL reconstruction; 17. Surgical treatment of posterolateral instability; 18. Surgical treatment of posteromedial instability; 19. Rehabilitation after PCL reconstruction; 20. Complications in PCL surgery.