Osteoarthritis of the Knee. Surgical Treatment

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GENERALITY.- Imaging knee osteoarthritis.- Osteoarthritis of the patello-femoral joint.- ACL and Arthritis.- The medical treatment of gonarthrosis.- Gene therapy in tissue engineering for cartilage repair.- SURGICAL TREATMENT.- Techniques in high Tibial Osteotomy.- Opening wedge osteotomy of the distal femur in the valgus knee.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: results, causes of failure, indications.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) - Technical principles .- Surgical indications in tibial arthrosis (TFA).- Point of view: what are the limits for ACL reconstruction ?.- TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY.- BASIS.- History, evolution of concepts, various current prostheses.- Results of TKA.- Causes of failure in TKA.- Rehabilitation following a TKA.- French anesthesia for total knee arthroplasty: Medical management during the perioperative period.- SPECIALIZED ASPECTS.- Total knee replacement in severe genu varum deformity.- TKA in valgus knee.- Total knee arthroplasty for the stiff knee.- TKA after High Tibial Osteotomy.- TKA after failure for unicompartmental arthroplasty.- Soft Tissue Balancing in TKA.- Complications due to extensor apparatus in TKA.- Femoral rotation in TKA.- Analysis and classification of bone defect revision TKA.- Revision TKA for aseptic failure.- Point of view: The treatment of the bone defect in revision TKA.- Choice of Constraint in Revision TKA.- Two stage reimplantation for infected total knee arthroplasty.- Osteoarthritis of the knee - Soft tissue defect problem: prevention and traitment.- Computer assisted navigation in total knee replacement.- CONTROVERSIAL POINTS.- Conservation of the PCL in TKA.- Substitution of the posterior cruciate ligament in total knee arthroplasty: advantages and pitfalls.- Fixation with or without cement in TKA.- The mobile plateau in TKA.- Rotational positioning of the femoral component in TKA.- Steps and strategy in the insertion of posterior stabilized knee replacements.