Osteotomies around the knee : indications, planning, surgical techniques using plate fixators / editors, Philipp Lobenhoffer [and others] ; co-editors, Mellany Galla, Jens D. Agneskirchner
Published
Davos : AO Publishing ; Stuttgart ; New York : Distributed by Thieme, [2008]
Indications and planning -- Physiological axes of the lower limb -- Clinical and radiological evaluation -- Indications for high-tibial osteotomy, unicondylar knee arthroplasty, and total knee prosthesis -- Basic principles of osteotomies around the knee -- Detailed planning algorithm for high-tibial osteotomy -- Clinical applications -- High-tibial closed-wedge osteotomy -- Principles of angular stable fixators -- Biomechanical testing of different plates -- High-tibial open-wedge valgization osteotomy with plate fixator -- Effect of osteotomies on cartilage pressure in the knee -- Osteotomy and ligament instability: tibial slope corrections and combined procedures around the knee joint -- Radiological examination of bone healing after open-wedge tibial osteotomy -- Supracondylar varization osteotomy of the femur with plate fixation -- Double osteotomies of the femur and tibia -- Rotational osteotomies of the femur and the tibia -- Total knee arthroplasty after osteotomy around the knee -- Management of complications after high-tibial open-wedge osteotomy -- Osteotomies for failed osteotomies around the knee -- Future developments -- Computer-assisted navigation in proximal tibial osteotomy -- Development of plate fixators: current status and perspectives