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From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Total Knee Replacement

Osteotomy and Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty

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Save Your Knees!

Total Knee Replacement in the Young Patient

by Daniel J. Berry, MD; A. Seth Greenwald, DPhil (Oxon); Thomas K. Fehring, MD; John Leander Masonis, MD

This slide lecture comprises presentations from a course from the AAOS 2006 Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Topics covered include prosthetic choices, bearing surface factors, and fixation methods in the young patient.

The lecture is offered both with (Flash format) and without (HTML format) audio.

Keywords: knee joint, surgical techniques, total knee arthroplasty, total knee replacement, high tibial osteotomy, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty, posterior stabilized prosthesis, posterior cruciate retention, gap balancing, tibial bearings, modular trays, monoblock trays, mobile bearings, bearing surfaces, cementless implant, cemented implant

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