The Multiple Ligament Injured Knee: A Practical Guide to Management presents the orthopaedic surgeon with an unprecedented review of the most recent and advanced knowledge needed to successfully diagnose and treat knee ligament injuries. 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, assessmentand treatment of nerve injuries, rehabilitation, and post-operative results. Each of these clearly written chapters is accompanied by a wealth of line drawings and photographs that demonstrate both the surgical and non-surgical approaches to examination and treatment.The Multiple Ligament Injured Knee will be a valuable guide for attending orthopaedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, sports medicine fellows, orthopaedic surgery residents, as well as allied health professionals, including physical therapists, physician assistants, and all who treat traumatic injuries of the knee.

From the reviews: "Multiple ligament injuries of the knee occur predominantly in young, fit and active patients. these injuries are rare but this means that few surgeons have significant experience in their management. This book is therefore of great value. It should be a mandatory purchase for any surgeons with an interest in soft-tissue injuries of the knee." (R. Allum) "Written by a team of experienced contributors, this practical guide discusses the essential aspects of the management of a knee with multiple ligament injuries. An extensive number of treatment options are examined . This work is clearly written and contains the most recent information, invaluable for orthopaedic surgeons, trauma surgeons, residents, physical therapists and all other health professionals involved with traumatic injuries of the knee." (D. Zorman, Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, Vol. 71(1), 2005) "If the surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament is perfectly codified, the multiple ligamentary traumatisms of the knee are definitely less . G. C. Fanelli and co-authors propose to share their experiments in a real didactic step. this work is addressed primarily at not only surgery specialists of the knee, but also experts confronted with traumatology, in order to better appreciate the lesional diagnosis of multiple ligamentary lesions, and thus to take the adequate decisions according to the experiment." (L. Balabaud, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 16, 2006)

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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