| Popis: |
This new edition comes with latest trends in our surgical approach and issues in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) surgery, as well as three new chapters, on complications, economic issues involved, and unicompartment knee arthroplasty (UKA). In the chapter on complications, we give you an insight into the early clinical diagnosis, relevant investigations, treatment and prevention of the commonest complications (pre-, intra- and post-operative) seen with TKA surgery. In the special chapter on economic issues, we have dissected the reasons for the present high cost of the TKA surgery, with focus on those cost factors that can be controlled, as well as emphasis on cost areas that should not be compromised on. And finally, in the chapter on UKA we present a synopsis on the origins, development, indications and contraindications, technique, complications and results of this highly successful procedure on properly selected patients. Last but not least let us remind ourselves that knee replacement remains and art in soft tissue surgery in spite of the banging of the hammer and grilling saw noises that are heard in the operating room. |
