Main description:

"Basics in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty” is a comprehensive compilation of basic steps to be regimented before, during and after primary hip and knee reconstruction in arthritic patients. Often this information is scattered and difficult to acquire even after exploring Internet and multiple references. It should benefit Fellows, beginners and once-in-a-while Arthroplasty Surgeons of hip and knee to plan surgery, select correct implant and execute the job to the level of perfection.

Contents:

Part 1: Planning of the Hip and Knee Arthroplasty 1. Total Joint Arthroplasty: Medical Parameters  2. Blood Transfusion Reduction in Total Joint Arthroplasty  3. Role of Drains in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty 4. Prevention of Periprosthetic Joint Infection 5. Pain Management in Arthroplasty   Part 2: Total Hip Arthroplasty: Techniques and Pearls 6. Radiological Planning of Total Hip Arthroplasty 7. Choosing Implant for Total Hip Arthroplasty 8. Tips and Pearls in Total Hip Arthroplasty 9. The Cemented Hip: How to Get it Right 10. Uncemented Total Hip Arthroplasty 11. Total Hip Arthroplasty in Peritrochanteric Fractures 12. Fused Hips in Ankylosing Spondylitis 13. Total Hip Arthroplasty in Protrusio Acetabulae

Part 3: Total Knee Arthroplasty: Techniques and Pearls 14. Radiological Planning in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty 15. Selection of the Implant in Total Knee Arthroplasty 16. Tips and Pearls: Tourniquets and Position in Total Knee Arthroplasty 17. Tips and Pearls: Exposure and Retractors in Total Knee Arthroplasty 18. Tips and Pearls: Saw Technique in Total Knee Arthroplasty 19. Principles: Alignment and Balancing 20. Cementation Techniques in Total Knee Arthroplasty 21. Patellar Resurfacing in Total Knee Arthroplasty 22. Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty 23. Technique: Fixed Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty 24. Mobile-Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty: Technique and Clinical Results 25. Management of Tibial Bone Defects 26. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Fixed Flexion Deformity 27. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Stiff Knee 28. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Post High Tibial Osteotomy

Part 4: Recent Advances in the Hip and Knee Arthroplasty 29. Trabecular Metal 30. Recent Advances in Short Stem Designs 31. Hi-Flex Knee Design

Part 5: How do I Plan My Trolley: Special Instruments 32. My Trolley for Total Hip Arthroplasty 33. My Trolley for Total Knee Arthroplasty