New Techniques in Knee Surgery [Paperback]

In this updated edition of the German-language title Neue Techniken - Kniechirugie , Professor Paessler, an experienced knee surgeon, provides a state-of-the-art survey of the field. In doing so he describes, among other techniques, how to reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), perform ACL revision surgery, manage a recent posterior cruciate ligament tear, treat cartilage lesions with microfracturing, reattach/replace detached cartilage fragment, perform a dome high tibial osteotomy. Professor Paessler is author of more than 150 publications (books and journals) and editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Sports Traumatology and Related Research . An important resource for all trauma and orthopaedic surgeons and trainees.

List of Contents.- 1 Operative Set-up.- ? Anterior Cruciate Ligament Lesions.- 2 ACL Reconstruction Using a Bone-Patellar Tendon (BPT) Graft and Press-fit Fixation.- 3 ACL Reconstruction Using a Quadruple Semitendinosus and Gracilis Tendon (ST/G) Graft with No-Hardware Fixation.- 4 ACL Reconstruction Using a Central Quadriceps Free Tendon (CQFT) Graft and Cross-Pin Fixation.- 5 Revision Surgery.- ? Classification.- ? Technique for harvesting iliac-crest corticocancellous bone plugs.- 6 Revision of Widened Tibial Tunnel (Grade II and III Revisions).- ? Tibial tunnel reconstruction  semi-open arthroscopically assisted procedure.- ? Tibial tunnel reconstruction  closed technique.- 7 Revision  Femoral and Tibial Tunnel Widening (Grade III).- 8 Revision of Slackened but Intact Graft.- ? Posterior Cruciate Ligament Lesions.- 9 Augmentation in Recent PCL Tears.- 10 Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Reconstruction Using a Two-Tunnel Technique.- 11 Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction.- 12 Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Replacement Using a Distally-Based Biceps Femoris Tendon Construct.- ? Meniscal Repair.- All-Inside Meniscal Repair Using the FasT-FixTMSuture System.- ? Cartilage Lesions.- Cartilage-Stimulals4