Surgery of the knee [editors] Philippe Neyret, Guillaume Demey

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The general principals of patient positioning and set up.- Arthroscopy of the knee.- Meniscectomy.- Meniscal sutures.- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction : surgical technique.- Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.- Surgical technique for the arthroscopic reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament.- Posterolateral corner and lateral collateral ligament reconstruction.- Dislocations and bicruciate lesions.- Synovectomies of the knee.- Surgical management of chondral and osteochondral lesions.- Iliotibial band syndrome.- Surgical indications in the treatment of osteoarthritis.- Osteotomy: general conceptions and indications.- Distal opening wedge femoral osteotomy for the treatment of valgus deformity.-High tibial osteotomy.- High tibal varus osteotomy.- Anterior opening wedge osteotomy of the tibia for the treatment of genu recurvatum.- Surgical technique for a double osteotomy.- Lateral opening wedge tibial osteotomy.- Patello femoro arthritis and the lateral vertical partial patellectomy.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) to the other compartment.- Total knee replacement in medial arthritis: surgical technique.- Total knee replacement in lateral arthritis specifics and surgical techniques.-Computer assisted total knee arthroplasty.- Total knee prosthesis after valgus osteotomy of the tibia.- Revision unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.- Revision total knee arthroplasty : planning and technical considerations.- Episodic patellar dislocation.- Deepening femoral trochleoplasty.- Shortening the patella tendon.- Acute ruptures of the quadriceps tendon.- Chronic rupture of the extensor apparatus.- Patella fractures.- Surgical management of the stiff knee.- Lenghthening of the patella tendon.- Stiffness of the knee: release according to judet.- Post operative complications.

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