Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries (eBook)

Gregory C. Fanelli, MD, GHS Orthopaedics, Danville, PA, USA.

Part I: Editor’s Experience.- Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries and Reconstruction: What I Have Learned.- Part II: Anatomy and Biomechanics.- Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and their Surgical Implications.- Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Posterolateral and Posteromedial Corners of      the Knee and their Surgical Implications.- Part III: Diagnosis and Evaluation.- Clinical and Arthroscopic Evaluation of the Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injured Knee.- Instrumented Measurement of the Multiple Ligament Injured Knee: Arthrometry, Stress Radiography, Rotationometry, and Computer Navigation.- MRI Imaging of PCL, Posteromedial, and Posterolateral Corner Injuries of the Knee.- Part IV: Non-Surgical Treatment.- Nonoperative Treatment and Natural History of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries.- Part V: Surgical Treatment.- Graft Selection in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery.- Arthroscopic Transtibial Tunnel Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- Open Tibial Inlay Graft for Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- All-Arthroscopic Tibial Inlay Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- All-Inside Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- The All-Inside Technique: Surgical Technique and Outcomes.- Arthroscopic Primary Repair of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries.- Combined PCL, ACL, Posteromedial, and Posterolateral Reconstruction.- Surgical Treatment of Combined PCL/Lateral-Sided Injuries.- Combined Posterior Cruciate Ligament and Posteromedial Reconstruction.- Combined PCL, Posteromedial Corner and Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction.- Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Patients Eighteen Years of Age and Younger.- Revision Surgery in the Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- Part VI: Other Considerations.- Mechanical Graft Tensioning in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- The Role of Osteotomy in the Treatment of PCL Injuries.- Articular Cartilage Restoration in the PCL Injured Knee.- Meniscus Transplant in the PCL Injured Knee.- Rehabilitation Following PCL Reconstruction:  Scientific and Theoretical Basis.- Brace Considerations for Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injuries of the Knee.- Complications and PCL Reconstruction.- Part VII: Outcomes of Treatment.- Results of Treatment of Posterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery.- Part VIII: Clinical Case Studies.- Selected Case Studies in Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.