Chirurgia del Ginocchio

Description

Sec. I – Overview of complications and risks of arthroscopy and arthroscopic knee procedures

1. Avoiding complications – Guidelines for safe arthroscopic knee surgery
2. Avoiding complications
3. Soft-tissue complications – Bruising, hemarthrosis, chronic effusion, and wound dehiscence
4. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy following knee surgery.

Sec. II – Complications and pitfalls of meniscal surgery

5. Complications of arthroscopic meniscectomy
6. Complications and pitfalls of arthroscopic meniscal repair
7. Complications and pitfalls of meniscal transplantation.

Sec. III – Complications and pitfalls of cruciate ligament reconstruction

8. Complications and possible causes of failure of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using semitendinosus and gracilis tendons
9. Complications and errors in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using an autologous bone–patellar tendon–bone graft
10. Complications and pitfalls in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using homologous grafts (allografts)
11. Complications and pitfalls in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using artificial ligaments
12. Complications and pitfalls of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
13. Complications and pitfalls of extra-articular knee surgery
14. Complications and pitfalls in revision procedures of anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions.

Sec. IV – Complications and pitfalls of patellofemoral surgery

15. Complications and pitfalls of lateral retinacular release
16. Complications and pitfalls of proximal realignment procedures
17. Complications and pitfalls of anterior tibial tuberosity osteotomy associated with distal realignment of the extensor mechanism
18. Complications and pitfalls of quadriceps and patellar tendon injuries.

Sec. V – Complications and pitfalls of knee fractures

19. Fractures of the distal femur
20. Patellar fractures
21. Knee fractures in children
22. High tibial osteotomy.

Sec. VI – Complications, pitfalls, and salvage in knee arthroplasty

23. Overall view of complications of total knee arthroplasty
24. Heterotopic ossification after knee arthroplasty
25. Recurrent hemarthrosis after knee arthroplasty
26. Unicompartmental prostheses
27. Patellofemoral complications of knee arthroplasty
28. Extensor mechanism complications in knee arthroplasty
29. Periprosthetic fractures
30. Patellar fractures in knee arthroplasty
31. Soft-tissue complications after knee arthroplasty.

Sec. VII – Complications of knee surgery

32. Osteochondral lesions of the knee
33. Cartilage cell transplantation
34. Arthrofibrosis after knee surgery (arthroscopic or open).

Sec. VIII – Rare complications of knee surgery: case reports