This book details the knowledge needed to successfully diagnose and treat knee ligament injuries. It 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. Throughout, a wealth of line drawings and photographs demonstrate both the surgical and non-surgical approaches to examination and treatment.

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PCL based multiple ligament knee injuries: what I have learned.- Anatomy and biomechanics of the cruciate ligaments, and their surgical implications.- Anatomy and biomechanics of the lateral and medial sides of the knee and the surgical implications.- Initial assessment in the acute and chronic multiple ligament injured knee.- Classification of knee dislocations and the surgical implications.- Instrumented measurement of the multiple ligament injured knee: arthrometry, stress radiography, rotationometry, and computer navigation.- MRI imaging in the multiple ligament injured knee.- Non-operative treatment of the dislocated knee.- Graft selection in multiple ligament injured knee surgery.- Surgical treatment of combined ACL and medial side knee injuries: acute and chronic.- Surgical treatment of combined ACL and lateral side injuries: acute and chronic.- Surgical treatment of combined ACL medial and lateral side injuries: actute and chronic.- Revision ACL based multiple ligament knee surgery.- Arthroscopic primary cruciate repair in the multiligament injured knee.- Surgical treatment of combined PCL/lateral side injuries: acute and chronic.- Surgical treatment of combined PCL medial side injuries: acute and chronic.- Surgical treatment of combined PCL medial and lateral side injuries: acute and chronic.- ACL, PCL and medial-sided injuries of the knee.- Surgical management of ACL, PCL and lateral sided injuries: acute and chronic.- Surgical treatment of combined PCL, ACL, medial and lateral side injuries (global laxity): acute and chronic.- Revision surgery in the posterior cruciate ligament and multiple ligament injured knee.- Mechanical graft tensioning in multiple ligment knee surgery.- Management of arterial and venous injuries in the dislocated knee.- Drop foot after knee dislocation: evaluation and treament.- The role of osteotomy.- Management of chronic tibial and subluxation in the multiple ligament injured knee.- Fracture dislocations: evaluation andtreatment.- Articular cartilage restoration in the multiple ligament injured knee.- Meniscus transplant in the multiple ligament injured knee.- Extensor mechanism injury in the multiple ligament injured knee.- Brace considerations in PCL instability and the multiple ligament injured knee.- Postoperative rehabilitation of the multiple ligament injured knee.- Complications associated with treatment of the multiple ligament injured knee.- Results of treatment of the multiple ligament injured knee.- Selected case studies in the treatment of the multiple ligament injured knee.