The ultimate resource for sports medicine conditions involving the knee, Evidence-Based Management of Complex Knee Injuries is an up-to-date reference that provides practical tools to examine, understand, and comprehensively treat sports medicine conditions in this challenging area. Using a sound logic of anatomy, biomechanics, lab testing, human testing, and outcomes analysis, editors Robert F. LaPrade and Jorge Chahla offer a single, comprehensive resource for evidence-based guidance on knee pathology. This unique title compiles the knowledge and expertise of world-renowned surgeons and is ideal for sports medicine surgeons, primary care physicians, and anyone who manages and treats patients with sports-related knee injuries.

• Uses a step-by-step, evidence-based approach to cover biomechanically validated surgical techniques and postoperative rehabilitation, enabling surgeons and physicians to more comprehensively treat sports medicine knee injuries.
• Covers the basic anatomy and biomechanics of the knee alongside more advanced objective diagnostic approaches and easy-to-follow treatment algorithms.
• Provides an easy-to-understand review of pathology with clear, concise text and high-quality illustrations.
• Demonstrates the importance and function of the ligaments and meniscus with exquisite anatomical illustrations and numerous biomechanical videos.

Review

“This is an amazing offering from Dr. LaPrade that represents a career’s worth of work in a very efficient book. Dr. LaPrade is the most quoted researcher and clinician on complex knee injuries over the past 25 years. This book provides easy access to the expertise of Dr. LaPrade and Dr. Chahla to anyone who simply opens its pages. A must buy for anyone performing complex knee surgery.” -© Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Mark R. Hutchinson, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine) Doody’s Score: 90 – ۴ Stars!

Review

Evidence-based, easy-to-read coverage of sports medicine conditions related to the knee

Contents

۱. Comprehensive Clinical Examination
۲. Plain Radiography of the Knee
۳. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Knee : Conventional and Novel Techniques
۴. Computed Tomography of the Knee Joint : Indications and Significance
۵. Mechanical Malalignment of the Knee Joint : How and When to Address
۶. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
۷. Posterior Cruciate Ligament
۸. Repair and Reconstruction of the Superficial Medial Collateral Ligament and the Posteromedial Corner
۹. Posterolateral Corner of the Knee
۱۰. Anterolateral Ligament and the Anterolateral Corner
۱۱. Multiligament Knee Injuries
۱۲. Arthroscopic Primary Repair of the Cruciate Ligaments
۱۳. Meniscal Pathology : Meniscus Anatomy
۱۴. Meniscus Biomechanics
۱۵. Meniscal Tears : Meniscectomy Versus Repair
۱۶. Meniscal Root Tears
۱۷. Meniscal Radial Tears
۱۸. Meniscal Ramp Lesions
۱۹. Meniscus Deficiency and Meniscal Transplants
۲۰. Synthetic Meniscal Substitutes
۲۱. A Basic Science Understanding of Cartilage Repair and Its Clinical Application
۲۲. Focal Chondral Injuries
۲۳. OCD Injuries in the Paediatric and Adult Population
۲۴. How to Manage the Active Patient with Osteoarthritis: : Biological Approaches
۲۵. Osteonecrosis of the Knee
۲۶. Patellofemoral Anatomy and Its Surgical Implications
۲۷. Treatment Algorithm in Patellofemoral Disorders : ‘Le Menu à la Carte’
۲۸. Tibial Tuberosity Osteotomies
۲۹. Pathological Torsion of the Lower Limb
۳۰. Lateral Patellar Instability: : Diagnosis, Treatment Algorithm, Conservative Approaches, Surgical Techniques, Outcomes, Rehabilitation and Future Directions
۳۱. Medial Patellar Instability : Primary and Iatrogenic
۳۲. Trochleoplasty
۳۳. Injuries of the Patellar Tendon
۳۴. Quadriceps Tendon Injuries
۳۵. Knee Arthrofibrosis : How to Prevent and How to Treat
۳۶. The Paediatric Knee
۳۷. Miscellaneous Complex Pathological Conditions of the Knee
۳۸. Intraoperative Management : Anaesthesia, Tourniquet, Tranexamic Acid, Blood Loss and Fluid Management
۳۹. Preparing the Surgical Team for a Quick and Efficient Procedure
۴۰. Postoperative Management
۴۱. Postoperative Rehabilitation Concepts