El. knyga: Techniques in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty E-Book: Expert Consult

In the face of failures of primary total joint arthroplasties increasing exponentially each year despite improvements in materials, implant designs, and surgical techniques. Scuderi, Tria, Jr., Long, and Kang, and their contributors, aim to provide a systemic approach for revision of failed total joint arthroplasties, addressing all causes of revision and assisting the surgeon in preoperative planning and intraoperative surgical techniques. Seventy-six chapters are divided into 21 sections: evaluation of the painful total knee arthroplasty; surgical approaches; implant removal; principles of revision total knee arthroplasty; management of the stiff knee; management of instability; management of bone defects; management of the extensor mechanism; management of periprosthetic fractures; management of the infected total knee arthroplasty; wound complications; preoperative evaluation of the failed total hip arthroplasty; assessment of bone loss; femoral bone loss; surgical approaches; the acetabulum; revision of the femur; modular cementless fixation; management of femoral bone loss in revision of total hip; special considerations; management of the infected total hip arthroplasty. There are contributors, references, selected readings, and a multitude of illustrations. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Techniques in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty is the one authoritative volume that gives you an efficient, problem-based approach to revision arthroplasty of both the hip and knee. Dr. Giles Scuderi and other leading experts from North America and Western Europe present their favored surgical procedures and post-surgical management strategies in this straightforward, heavily illustrated, video-intensive reference. It's your one-stop, go-to guide for successful revision surgery for a myriad of complications, such as implant loosening, polyethylene wear, osteolysis, or infection of the hip and knee.

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