One of the hallmarks of a master surgeon is the ability to navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomes. Under the leadership of series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson, the Complications in Orthopaedics series provides real-world guidance on recognizing and avoiding errors, as well as how to “course-correct” during surgery. In this volume, Drs. P. Maxwell Courtney, Yale A. Fillingham, and a team of expert surgeons describe the most common errors and complications of adult reconstruction surgery, focusing on the knee and hip and demonstrating practical solutions that are integral to improving patient outcomes.

• Covers key topics such as Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty, Achieving Balance and Stability During a Total Knee Arthroplasty, Unicompartmental Knee Arthoplasty, Neurovascular Injury in Total Hip Arthroplasty, Post-operative Periprosthetic Fractures in Total Hip Arthroplasty, Hip Preservation: Complications of PAO?, and many more.
• Describes and offers solutions to the most common or most devastating errors and complications in the practice of adult reconstruction surgery, combining the breadth of knowledge of academic surgeons with the in-the-trenches skills of community surgeons.
• Uses an easy-to-follow, standardized chapter format that covers preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications.
• Includes procedural video clips to reinforce discussions in the text.
• Features a full-color design with numerous photographs, radiographs, and illustrations.
• Includes introductory material on relevant anatomy and necessary background information.

Contents

۱. Optimization for Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty
۲. Managing Medical Complications Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
۳. Pain Management Following Total Hip Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty
۴. Avoiding Complications with Outpatient Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
۵. Complications and Outcomes of Nonoperative Treatment Modalities in Knee Osteoarthritis
۶. Preoperative Planning for Total Knee Arthroplasty
۷. Gaining Surgical Exposure in Total Knee Arthroplasty
۸. Achieving Balance and Stability During a Total Knee Arthroplasty
۹. Ligamentous Injury in Total Knee Arthroplasty
۱۰. Neurovascular Injury in Total Knee Arthroplasty
۱۱. Periprosthetic Knee Fractures
۱۲. Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
۱۳. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty
۱۴. Marlex Mesh Reconstruction of Extensor Mechanism Disruption in Total Knee Arthroplasty
۱۵. Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty Workup
۱۶. Preoperative Planning for Total Hip Arthroplasty
۱۷. Complications of Exposures for Total Hip Arthroplasty
۱۸. Component Positioning and Stable Fixation in Total Hip Arthroplasty
۱۹. Total Hip Arthroplasty Instability
۲۰. Neurovascular Injury in Total Hip Arthroplasty
۲۱. Intraoperative Periprosthetic Fracture During Total Hip Arthroplasty
۲۲. Troubleshooting the Direct Anterior Approach
۲۳. Postoperative Periprosthetic Fractures in Total Hip Arthroplasty
۲۴. Workup of the Painful Total Hip Arthroplasty
۲۵. Hip Preservation—Complications of Periacetabular Osteotomy
۲۶. Diagnosis and Definitions of Periprosthetic Joint Infections
۲۷. Management of Acute Periprosthetic Joint Infections
۲۸. Management of Chronic Periprosthetic Joint Infection
۲۹. Antibiotics and Cement
۳۰. Antibiotic Spacer Techniques in Hip and Knee