Total Knee Arthroplasty Long Term Outcomes
This book focuses on the current clinical practice, outcome and the future development of Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) in surgical settings. A major objective of this work is to address “What is the optimal design and fixation of the implants we use for
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Total Knee Arthroplasty Long Term Outcomes
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Total Knee Arthroplasty
Theofilos Karachalios Editor
Total Knee Arthroplasty Long Term Outcomes
Editor Theofilos Karachalios Orthopaedic Department University of Thessalia Larissa Greece
ISBN 978-1-4471-6659-7 ISBN 978-1-4471-6660-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-6660-3
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Preface
Up to the 1960s and early 1970s, it was common to see crippled women and men, with hip and knee joint deformities and serious restriction of movement, tottering very short distances using various walking aids. Patients often described how agonisingly painful their arthritic joints were. In November 1962, just over 50 years ago, the pioneer of hip reconstruction surgery, Sir John Charnley, made a modern breakthrough. Thanks to basic scientists, engineers, the industry and dedicated orthopaedic surgeons who have invested their scientific and professional lives to adult reconstructive surgery, we can now provide arthritic patients with painless joint movement and restoration of function. The origins of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) can be traced back to 1889 in Berlin, where Themistocles Gluck gave a series of lectures describing a system of joint replacement using a unit made of ivory, using pumice and plaster of Paris. In the 1950s, the first surface replacement of the tibia was developed by McKeever. During the next decade, designers focused their efforts on constrained or hinged prostheses or on condylar replacement. Pioneering implant designs were problematic, mainly due to a high percentage of component loosening, breakages of the components and infection. Due to the complexity of knee joint biomechanics and kinematics, the clinical use of effective TKA de
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