Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint (eBook)

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, MD, PhD Hospital 9 de Octubre and Hospital Arnau de Vilanova and School of Medicine, Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

​Foreword.-Preface.-SECTION I: ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES AND THERAPEUTIC
IMPLICATIONS.- Background.- Patellofemoral malaligment vs Tissue homeostasis.- Myths and truths about patellofemoral disease. Pathogenesis of anterior knee pain and patellar instability.- What have we learned from realignment surgery?.- Biological causes of  anterior knee pain.- In search of the etiology of anterior knee pain.- Biomechanics of the patellofemoral joint.- Implications in the genesis of pain and instability.- Anatomy of patellar dislocation.- Evaluation of the patient with anterior knee pain and patellar instability.- Influence of
psycological factors on pain and dissability in patellofemoral pain
syndrome.- Uncommon causes of anterior knee  pain.- Risk factors and prevention of anterior knee pain.- Conservative treatment of athletes with anterior knee pain: science, classical and new ideas.- Conservative management of anterior knee pain: the McConnell program.- Squeletal malalignment and anterior knee pain. Rationale, diagnosis and management.- Patellar tendinopathy: Where does the pain come from?.- Pathophysiology of patellofemoral arthritis.- Prevention of anterior knee
pain after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.-Donor-site morbidity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autografts.- SECTION II: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR INVESTIGATING PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT.- Computacional modeling for investigating patellofemoral joint.- Clinical relevance.-Kinetic and kinematic analysis in evaluating patellofemoral disorders.- SECTION III: CLINICAL CASES
COMMENTED.- Complicated cases studies.- Failure of patellofemoral surgery.- Analysis of clinical cases.- Neuromatous knee pain: Evaluation and management.- Posterior knee pain referred from the patellofemoral joint.- SECTION IV: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES.- Reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament.- Reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament.- Reconstruction of the lateral patellofemoral ligament.- Reconstruction of the lateral patellofemoral ligament.- Rotational osteotomy.- Trochleoplasty.- Osteotomies in patella baja / patella alta.- Arthroscopic patellar release for the treatment of patellar tendinopathy.- Anteromedial tibial tubercle osteotomy (Fulkerson osteotomy).- Autologous chondrocyte implantation.-Patellofemoral arthroplasty: Pearls and pitfalls.- EPILOGUE​.