Author | Whiteside, Leo A. author |
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Title | Ligament Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty [electronic resource] : An Instructional Manual / by Leo A. Whiteside |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59295-9 |
Descript | X, 115 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. Patella -- 3. Posterior Cruciate Ligament -- 3.1. Tight Posterior Cruciate Ligament -- 3.2. Release of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament -- 4. Varus Knee -- 4.1. Tight Medially in Flexion, Loose in Extension -- 4.2. Tight Medially in Extension, Balanced in Flexion -- 4.3. Tight Medially in Flexion and Extension -- 4.4. Tight Popliteus Tendon -- 4.5. Compensatory Lateral Release โ Extension Only -- 4.6. Compensatory Lateral Release โ Flexion and Extension -- 4.7. Pitfalls of the Varus Knee -- 5. Valgus Knee -- 5.1. Tight Laterally Flexion and Extension -- 5.2. Tight Laterally in Extension, Normal Stability in Flexion -- 5.3. Tight Laterally in Flexion, Normal Stability in Extension -- 5.4. Deficient Posterior Cruciate Ligament -- 5.5. Pitfalls of the Valgus Knee -- 6. Flexion Contracture and Femoral Sizing -- 6.1. Varus Knee with Flexion Contracture -- 6.2. Pitfalls with Flexion Contracture -- 7. Recurvatum -- 8. Summary