This comprehensive and practical volume presents anterior and posterior cruciate and collateral ligament anatomy and biomechanics, along with non-invasive methods for diagnosing the extent of injury, such as radiographic and arthroscopic evaluation. Various injuries are discussed along with useful treatment techniques, including arthroscopic reconstruction, posterolateral and posteromedial corner injury and treatment, assessment and treatment of vascular injuries, assessment and treatment of nerve injuries, rehabilitation, and post-operative results.

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This is not just another book on the knee. Dr. Fanelli's book, The Multiple Ligament Injured Knee: A Practical Guide to Management, written with a team of experienced contributors, is about a subject that is pertinent, as well as often underestimated and underappreciated. The surgeon's thorough knowledge of this subject is essential for the care of the patient with multiple ligaments injured in the knee. Such knowledge is indispensable if the patient's well-being and future function are to be restored. Time, technique, judgment, and decisiveness are critical. These are the surgeon's responsibilities. We have all come to be arthroscopic knee surgeons. We cannot, however, let this diminish our judgment or skill in open surgery. Often in the multi­ ply compromised knee, open surgery is a requisite. We must return to the principles that Drs. O'Donoghue, Slocum, Hughston, Trillat, Mueller-the fathers of modern knee surgery-taught us. Open exposure may be essen­ tial in some cases; we must know when it is necessary. This textbook helps resolve the impasse that often occurs in this arena of evolving art and science. Young surgeons who were not there before the arthroscope might not appreciate the awful injury that frequently is associated with the mul­ tiligament knee injury. We all know Dr. O'Donoghue's firm dictum that early diagnosis and anatomic repair is the best and most appropriate method of treatment. Time has not invalidated this advice.

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1 Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Knee Anikar Chhabra, C. Curtis Elliot, and Mark D. Miller 2 Initial Assessment: Physical Examination and Imaging Studies Jeff C. Brand, Jr. and Darren L. Johnson 3 Classification of Knee Dislocations Robert C. Schenck, Jr. 4 Nonoperative Treatment of the Acutely Dislocated Knee Bradley F. Giannotti 5 Graft Selection Kevin R. Willits and Walter R. Shelton 6 Surgical Treatment of the Acute and Chronic ACL/PCL/Medial-Sided Injury of the Knee Craig H. Bennett, Kevin E. Coates, Corey Wallach, and Ronald A. Hall 7 Surgical Treatment of Acute and Chronic ACL/PCL/Lateral Side Injuries of the Knee Daniel C. Wascher 8 Combined ACL/PCL/Medial/Lateral Side Injuries of the Knee Gregory C. Fanelli 9 Open Surgical Treatment Richard S. Richards, II and Claude T. Moorman, III 10 Management of Arterial and Venous Injuries in the Dislocated Knee Peter J. Armstrong and David P. Franklin 11 Management of Acute and Chronic Nerve Injuries Timothy J. Monahan 12 The Role of Osteotomy Annunziato Amendola and Michelle Wolcott 13 Management of Chronic Posterior Tibial Subluxation Steven C. Chudik, Peter T. Simonian, and Thomas L. Wickiewicz 14 Postoperative Rehabilitation Craig J. Edson 15 Complications Associated with Treatment John C. Richmond 16 Revision Surgery Gregory C. Fanelli 17 Brace Treatment H. Jurgen Eichhorn and Daniel Pflaster 18 Selected Case Studies Gregory C. Fanelli