Fractures Around the Knee

This comprehensive book is more than a complete reference on knee fractures and associated injuries: it is also a decision-making and surgical guide that will assist trauma, knee, sports medicine, and total joint surgeons in planning and executing specific procedures for different traumatic conditions of the knee. Each chapter addresses a particular condition and its management, explaining the traumatic mechanism and preoperative workup and then describing in detail the surgical steps, from patient positioning to the postoperative regimen. Guidance is also provided on complications and their management, and to complete the coverage, results from the relevant literature are described. The authors are world-renowned experts keen to share their knowledge and expertise regarding specific traumatic conditions of the knee. Both experienced surgeons and orthopedic residents will find this book to be an invaluable tool that will improve their practice when dealing with knee fractures.

1 Patellar fractures.- 2 Tibial Eminence Fractures.- 3 Management of distal femoral fractures (Extraarticular).- 4 Management of distal femoral fractures (Intraarticular).- 5 Management of simple proximal tibia fractures (Schatzker type I-IV).- 6 Management of complex proximal tibia fractures (Schatzker type V and VI).- 7 Total knee replacement as initial treatment of knee fractures.- 8 Floating knee.- 9 Periprosthetic fractures.- 10 Management of the complications following  fractures around the knee (Infection and Non-union).- 11 Management of the complications following  fractures around the knee (Malalignment and unicompartmental arthritis).- 12 Management of the complications following  fractures around the knee (post-traumatic bi-tricompartmental arthritis).