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Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus, An Issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine - E-Book
(2012)
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Abstract
This issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, Guest Edited by Peter R. Kurzweil, MD, focuses on Sports-Related Injuries of the Meniscus. Articles in this issue will include: Indications for meniscus repair: traumatic tears do better; Biologic enhancement of meniscal repair; Repairing the Unrepairable Meniscus; Posterior Horn Tears – all-inside suture repair; Meniscal Repair – Inside-out sutures; Meniscal Root tears – Recognizing and Repairing; Meniscal Repair – outside-in suture; Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators – which are best?; Treating post-meniscectomy pain with Meniscal implants; Meniscus Repair in Children; and Getting Athletes Back to Sports after Meniscus Repair.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Sports-Related Injuries of\rthe Meniscus | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Foreword: Meniscal Repair | xi | ||
| Preface | xiii | ||
| Chapter 1. Indications for Meniscus Repair | 1 | ||
| FUNCTION AND ANATOMY OF THE MENISCUS | 1 | ||
| MECHANISM OF INJURY AND DIAGNOSIS | 2 | ||
| RATIONALE FOR PRESERVATION OF MENISCAL TISSUE | 4 | ||
| SURGICAL INDICATIONS | 5 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS | 10 | ||
| SUMMARY | 10 | ||
| REFERENCES | 11 | ||
| Chapter 2. Meniscal Repair Using the Inside-Out Suture Technique | 15 | ||
| INDICATIONS | 16 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE PLANNING | 18 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNIQUE | 18 | ||
| RESULTS | 24 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS | 27 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT | 27 | ||
| FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS | 27 | ||
| SUMMARY | 28 | ||
| REFERENCES | 28 | ||
| Chapter 3. Meniscal Repair—Outside-In Repair | 33 | ||
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | 33 | ||
| INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 34 | ||
| PREOPERATIVE PLANNING | 35 | ||
| TECHNIQUE: OUTSIDE-IN MENISCAL REPAIR | 35 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT | 43 | ||
| COMPLICATIONS | 44 | ||
| RESULTS | 45 | ||
| SUMMARY | 46 | ||
| REFERENCES | 46 | ||
| Chapter 4. Meniscal Repair with the Newest Fixators—Which are Best? | 49 | ||
| THE MENISCUS AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR REPAIR | 50 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNIQUES OF MENISCUS FIXATION | 51 | ||
| FIRST-GENERATION DEVICES (RIGID IMPLANTS) | 52 | ||
| SELF-ADJUSTING SUTURE CONTAINING IMPLANTS | 53 | ||
| REHABILITATION | 58 | ||
| RESULTS AND COMPLICATIONS | 59 | ||
| SUMMARY | 60 | ||
| REFERENCES | 60 | ||
| Chapter 5. Management of Meniscus Tears that Extend into the Avascular Region | 65 | ||
| CLINICAL EVALUATION | 66 | ||
| CLASSIFICATION OF MENISCUS TEARS | 66 | ||
| INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR MENISCUS REPAIR | 67 | ||
| OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES | 67 | ||
| STRATEGIES TO AUGMENT HEALING OF MENISCUS REPAIRS | 70 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE REHABILITATION | 72 | ||
| CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF MENISCUS REPAIR | 73 | ||
| SUMMARY | 85 | ||
| REFERENCES | 85 | ||
| Chapter 6. Biologic Enhancement of Meniscus Repair | 91 | ||
| FUNCTION | 91 | ||
| ANATOMY | 92 | ||
| VASCULARITY | 92 | ||
| HEALING | 93 | ||
| INDICATIONS FOR MENISCAL REPAIR | 93 | ||
| RESULTS | 94 | ||
| SUMMARY | 98 | ||
| REFERENCES | 98 | ||
| Chapter 7. Meniscus Root Avulsion | 101 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 101 | ||
| CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS | 102 | ||
| BIOMECHANICS | 104 | ||
| TREATMENT OPTIONS AND RESULTS | 105 | ||
| TECHNICAL PEARLS FOR MEDIAL MENISCAL ROOT REPAIR AND REHABILITATION | 106 | ||
| SUMMARY | 108 | ||
| REFERENCES | 108 | ||
| Chapter 8. Posterior Horn Tears—All-Inside Suture Repair | 113 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNIQUE | 114 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE CARE | 129 | ||
| AUTHORS’ CLINICAL OUTCOMES | 131 | ||
| REFERENCES | 132 | ||
| Chapter 9. Meniscus Repair in Children | 135 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 136 | ||
| MENISCAL INJURIES | 138 | ||
| DISCOID MENISCUS | 145 | ||
| MENISCAL INSTABILITY/HYPERMOBILITY | 149 | ||
| SUMMARY | 150 | ||
| REFERENCES | 151 | ||
| Chapter 10. Return to Sport After Meniscal Repair | 155 | ||
| COMPARING TRADITIONAL AND ACCELERATED PRINCIPLES | 156 | ||
| IMMOBILIZATION | 156 | ||
| WEIGHT BEARING | 157 | ||
| ACCELERATED REHABILITATION PROTOCOLS | 157 | ||
| SUPERVISED VERSUS UNSUPERVISED THERAPY | 158 | ||
| OPTIMIZATION OF RETURN TO SPORT | 158 | ||
| CRITERIA FOR INITIATING RETURN TO SPORT | 159 | ||
| STATIC PHASE | 160 | ||
| DYNAMIC PHASE | 161 | ||
| BALLISTIC PHASE | 163 | ||
| RETURN TO PLAY | 164 | ||
| REFERENCES | 165 | ||
| Chapter 11. Partial Meniscus Substitution with Tissue-Engineered Scaffold: An Overview | 167 | ||
| TYPES OF TISSUE-ENGINEERED MENISCAL SCAFFOLDS | 168 | ||
| MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGIC PROPERTIES | 168 | ||
| INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS | 169 | ||
| SURGICAL TECHNIQUE | 170 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE REHABILITATION | 171 | ||
| CLINICAL OUTCOMES | 171 | ||
| SUMMARY | 180 | ||
| REFERENCES | 180 | ||
| Index | 183 |