- Based on scientific evidence as well as expert know-how and best practice
- Clearly and concisely written, featuring a wealth of intraoperative pictures
- Offers step-by-step guidance through each presented arthroscopic procedure
This concise and handy book offers practical guidance to orthopedic surgeons and residents willing to master knee arthroscopy techniques in their daily practice. Based on scientific evidence but also mirroring expert know-how and best practices, it equips readers with essential information, tips and tricks to avoid and prevent intraoperative minor and major complications.
Clearly and uniformly written, and featuring a wealth of intraoperative pictures, the book guides readers step-by-step through each of the presented arthroscopic procedures – from patient positioning, through meniscal suture approaches and hamstring grafting, to ACL, PCL and MPFL reconstructions.
Covering all the basic and practical aspects this book is a must-read for residents and young orthopedic surgeons wanting to gain insights into this surgical technique and valuable tool for practicing orthopedists, sports physicians and physiotherapists with an interest in knee arthroscopy.
Table of Contents- The Basics: Patient’s Positioning, Different Portals of the Knee
- Meniscal Sutures: All-Inside, Out-In, and Posterior Horn Reinsertion
- The Hamstring Graft: ACL Reconstruction with Quadruple Bundle Gracilis and Semitendinosus Tendons
- Quadruple Hamstring Graft: Single Four-Strand Semitendinosus Tendon
- BTB Graft Technique: ACL Reconstruction Using the Patellar Tendon
- Lateral Tenodesis: Extra-articular Reconstruction with the Fascia Lata Using a Modified Christel-Djian Technique
- The Posterior Cruciate Ligament: PCL Reconstruction Using the Semitendinosus
- The MPFL: Double Bundle Reconstruction Using the Gracilis with Femoral and Tibial Rigid Fixation
