In 1990, Dr. Kenneth Krackow wrote The Technique of Total Knee Arthroplasty to teach the basics of TKA for end-stage arthritis-everything from nonsurgical to surgical intervention and postoperative rehabilitation. Now completely revised for a new generation of surgeons, the 2nd Edition of this classic text continues its original goal of helping advanced practitioners acquire more knowledge and skill in primary and revision total knee arthroplasty. This fully updated volume, revised by Dr. Krackow and his former fellows Drs. William M. Mihalko and Michael A. Mont, keeps you current with major changes and advances in field, including patient optimization, outpatient procedures, robotics and new technology, difficult decisions during surgery, and more.
Section I Preoperative Considerations 1. Patient Considerations: Comorbidities and Optimization 2. Modify Whats Modifiable: Smoking, Obesity, Opioid Dependence, and Nutritional Deficiencies 3. Optimizing Important Comorbidities: Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Cardiac Disease 4. Assessment of Surgical Difficulty 5. Preoperative Planning From Medical Issues to Implants Section II Issues and Considerations on the Day of Surgery 6. Setting Up an Outpatient or Same-Day Discharge Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) Program 7. Surgical Procedure 8. Bone-Cutting Technique 9. TKA Balancing 10. New Technology and Surgical Technique in TKA 11. Cement Technique Section III Postoperative TKA Considerations 12. Avoiding Peri- and Postoperative Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty 13. Complications of Total Knee Arthroplasty and Evidence Basis for Outcomes of Knee Arthroplasty Index
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