Principles of Knee Surgery: Case Examples

Abstract

Although much of the knee surgeon’s workload consists of a small number of routine case types, occasionally he/she is faced with an unusual and more complex case for which the usual treatment protocols do not supply sufficient guidance. There is often a history of trauma, and/or previous surgical intervention, and in these cases the surgeon will need to draw on some dependable surgical principles to be able to form a safe and effective treatment plan. Quite often these guiding principles have not been written down, but are acquired with time through the surgeon’s own experience, or gleaned from others over the years of their hospital practice.