Knee Surgery:Copmlications Pitfalls and Salvage

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Sect. I Overview of Complications and Pitfalls in Arthroscopy
and Arthroscopic Procedures of the Knee 1
1 Avoiding Complications: Guidelines for Safe Arthroscopic Knee
Surgery 3
2 Postarthroscopy Septic Arthritis 10
3 Soft Tissue Complications: Ecchymosis, Hemarthrosis, Chronic
Effusion, and Wound Dehiscence 14
4 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Following Knee Surgery 23
Sect. II Complications and Pitfalls in Meniscal Surgery 39
5 Complications of Arthroscopic Meniscectomy 41
6 Complications and Pitfalls in Arthroscopic Meniscus Repair 53
7 Complications and Pitfalls in Meniscal Transplantation 60
Sect. III Complications and Pitfalls in Reconstruction of
Cruciate Ligaments 75
8 Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction with Hamstring Tendons 77
9 Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction Using Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft 89
10 Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction with Allograft 101
11 Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction with Synthetic Grafts 113
12 Complications and Pitfalls in Posterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction 121
13 Complications and Pitfalls in Extraarticular Knee Surgery 129
14 Complications and Pitfalls in Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Revision Reconstruction 138
Sect. IV Complications and Pitfalls of Patellofemoral Surgery
159
15 Complications and Pitfalls in Lateral Retinacular Release 161
16 Complications and Pitfalls in Proximal Realignment Procedures
171
17 Complications and Pitfalls in Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy
Associated with Distal Extensor Mechanism Realignment 176
18 Complications and Pitfalls in Injuries of the Quadriceps and
Patellar Tendon 195
Sect. V Complications and Pitfalls in Fractures Around the Knee
207
19 Fractures of the Distal Femur 209
20 Fractures of the Patella 244
21 Fractures Around the Knee in Children 263
22 High Tibial Osteotomy 288
Sect. VI Complications, Pitfalls, and Salvage in Prosthetic Knee
Arthroplasty 301
23 Overview of Complications of Total Knee Arthroplasty 303
24 Heterotopic Ossification Following Total Knee Arthroplasty
352
25 Recurrent Hemarthrosis After Total Knee Arthroplasty 361
26 Unicondylar Arthroplasty 364
27 Patellofemoral Complications Following Total Knee
Arthroplasty 380
28 Extensor Mechanism Complications Following Total Knee
Arthroplasty 393
29 Fractures Around Total Knee Prostheses 404
30 Patellar Fractures in Total Knee Arthroplasty 413
31 Soft Tissue Complications After Total Knee Arthroplasty 420
Sect. VII Miscellaneous Complications in Knee Surgery 429
32 Osteochondral Lesions of the Knee 431
33 Cartilage Cell Transplantation 440
34 Arthrofibrosis Following Knee Surgery (Arthroscopic/Open) 450
Sect. VIII Unusual Complications in Knee Surgery from Around the
World: Case Reports 461
35.1 Patellar Fracture After Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Reconstruction with Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Graft 463
35.2 Unusual Complications of Persistent Knee Joint Infection
Following Arthroscopic Antior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
466
35.3 Malunion of Tibial Spine Avulsion of the Anterior Cruciate
Ligament Causing a Block to Extension 470
35.4 Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Using a Bone-Tendon-Bone Patellar Ligament Graft: Complications
of Femoral Press-Fit Anchoring 473
35.5 Complications in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructive
Surgery 477
35.6 Tendinitis/Granuloma Postcentral Patellar Tendon
Arthroscopy Approach 484
35.7 Nonunited Avulsion Fracture of the Tibial Tubercle 486
35.8 Knee Migration of Tibial Ender Nails: The Arthroscopic
Solution 488
35.9 Nonunion of a New High Tibial Osteotomy with Screw and Wire
Fixation 490
35.10 Osteolysis Associated with Polyethylene and Metallic Wear
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