This acclaimed volume of the Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery series is now in its Second Edition--significantly expanded and updated to reflect the latest improvements in surgical technique. The world's foremost experts in reconstructive knee surgery describe their preferred techniques in step-by-step detail, explain the indications and contraindications, identify pitfalls and potential complications, and offer pearls and tips for improving results. The book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs, as well as drawings by a noted medical illustrator. This edition features thorough updates on all techniques and new chapters on meniscal fixation, cruciate graft harvesting, MCL reconstruction, arthroscopic lavage and chondroplasty, microfracture, osteochondral plugs, chondrocyte transplantation, arthroscopic synovectomy, and pigmented villonodular synovitis. The chapter on the ACL has been expanded to cover harvesting techniques of the hamstring, the patellar tendon, and the quadriceps tendon.
Trauma, 01-MAR-04, Volume 6, M A Green, FRCS(Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham, UK -- "Overall, this represents an extremely useful book, dealing with more than just reconstruction of the knee, and it would be of great use both for reference and as an operative manual to any orthopaedic surgeon with an interest in knee surgery."-Trauma The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 01-OCT-03, Volume 85, Issue 10, Richard Iorio, MD, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA -- "This is an extremely well-done and concise discussion of reconstructive knee surgery. The editor and authors have 'gotten it right' with their emphasis on practical details that will aid the reader in the approach to difficult surgical knee problems. This book will be helpful to any practicing orthopaedic surgeon who treats injuries of the adult knee. The text focuses on arthroscopic and less invasive surgical applications, which now comprise a substantial percentage of the operative procedures performed by orthopaedic surgeons. The goal of this text was to create easy-to-follow descriptions of operative techniques that would help practicing orthopaedic surgeons to meet the challenges of knee reconstructive surgery. This goal has certainly been accomplished."-The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery