Soft Tissue Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty (Paperback)

Soft Tissue Balancing in Total Knee ArthroplastyAuthor(s): Shuichi Matsuda, Sbastien Lustig, Willem van der Merwe\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Germany\nImprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K\nISBN-13: 9783662540817, 978-3662540817\nSynopsis\nIn this booklet, experts from across the world, including members of the ISAKOS Knee Arthroplasty Committee, offer clear, up-to-date guidance on all aspects of soft tissue or ligament balancing in primary total knee arthroplasty with the aim of enabling the reader to achieve optimal patient outcomes. After an introduction explaining the normal soft tissue condition in the native knee, surgical procedures are described, including techniques for the management of severe deformity. The most striking feature of the booklet, however, is the many pages devoted to the accurate evaluation and clinical relevance of ligament balancing. Different techniques and devices for i.