Primary Knee Arthroplasty

1 Basic Science, Design, and Materials.- 1.1 History and Development.- 1.2 Biomechanics in Normal and Prosthetic Knees.- 1.3 Mobile Bearing Knee Prostheses.- 1.4 Developing a Mobile Bearing Knee Prosthesis.- 1.5 Metal Alloys and Polyethylenes.- 1.6 Gait Analysis in Knees and Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 1.7 Tribology in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 1.8 In Vivo Motions of Mobile Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 2 Knee Arthroplasty.- 2.1 Indications and Alternatives.- 2.2 Fixation: Cement, Hybrid or Cementless?.- 2.3 Patella and Extensor Mechanism.- 2.4 Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty.- 2.5 Patella Femoral Arthroplasty.- 2.6 Patella Graft Options in Patellectomized Knees.- 3 Clinical Outcomes.- 3.1 Patella Resurfacing Utilizing LCS Prostheses.- 3.2 Patella Non-resurfacing Utilizing Mobile Bearing Prostheses.- 3.3 Isokinetic Strength in Resurfaced and Retained Patellae.- 3.4 Total Knee Arthroplasty in Isolated Patellofemoral Arthritis.- 3.5 Long-Term Outcomes Utilizing LCS Mobile Bearing TKA.- 3.6 Early Outcomes of INNEX Mobile Bearing TKA.- 3.7 Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Young and Active Population.- 4 Operating Technique.- 4.1 Planning, Implant Selection, and Preparation.- 4.2 Intraoperative Alignment and Instrumentation.- 4.3 Alternative Medial Approaches.- 4.4 Lateral Retinacular Approach.- 4.5 Tibial Tuberositas Osteotomy.- 4.6 Soft Tissue Management and Bone Resections.- 4.7 Advanced Surgical Technique.- 4.8 Cruciate Ligaments: Retain, Substitute, or Sacrifice?.- 4.9 Femoral Component Rotation.- 4.10 Articular Deformity.- 4.11 Varus Knees and Flexion Contracture - Algorithm.- 4.12 Severe Valgus: Management of Deep Structures.- 4.13 Bone Defect Management.- 4.14 Conversion of Knee Fusion to Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 5 Computer Assisted Surgery and Minimal InvasiveSurgery.- 5.1 Computer Assisted Surgery, Robotics, and Minimal Invasive Surgery in Knee Arthroplasty.- 5.2 Outcome Measures and Quality Control.- 6 Rehabilitation Before and After Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 7 Complications.- 7.1 Anterior Knee Pain Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 7.2 Wear, Periprosthetic Osteolysis and Loosening.- 7.3 Arthrofibrosis Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 7.4 Surgical Management of Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 7.5 Infectious Disease Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- 7.6 The Unhappy Knee.