Soft Tissue Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty (Paperback, 2017)

Native knee: Anatomy and biomechanics.- Soft tissue balance in native knee.- Knee kinematics in native knee. Operative procedure 1 - primary TKA: Primary principals in soft tissue balancing.- CR: Measured resection technique.- PS: Gap technique.- BCR: How to achieve near normal kinematics. Operative procedure 2 - primary TKA: Varus knee - severe cases included.- Valgus knee - severe cases included.- Complicated cases - recurvatum, severe contracture.- Increasing ROM. Assessment in primay TKA: Intraoperative assessment - tensor.- Intraoperative assessment - navigation.- Intraoperative assessment - OrthoSenser. Clinical relevance: primary TKA: Postoperative changes in soft tissue balance.- Intraoperative soft tissue balance and postoperative knee kinematics.- Intraoperative soft tissue balance and clinical results(ROM, function).- Knee kinematics and patient satisfaction. Patella: Avoiding patellar maltracking.- Management of patellar baja and alta. Trouble shooting: Intraoperative MCL injury.- Patellar tendon rupture.