Total Knee Arthroplasty

The Native Knee: Anatomy, Physiology and Biomechanics.- The Arthritic Knee: Aetiology and Patterns of Disease.- Inflammatory Arthropathy of the Knee.- Primary Knee Arthroplasty: Medicolegal Considerations - The Consent Process.- Patient Preparation for Total Knee Arthroplasty: Reducing Blood Loss, Thromboprophylaxis and Reducing Infection Risk.- Acute Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Outcome Measures in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Longevity - Characteristics of a Well Functioning, Long Lasting Total Knee Arthroplasty.- The Cost-effectiveness of Knee Arthroplasty.- Surgical Technique of Total Knee Replacement - Basic Concepts Including Surgical Approaches, Minimally Invasive Surgery, and Simultaneous Bilateral.- Technological Aids in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) - Navigation, Patient-Specific Instrumentation (PSI), and Robotics.- Prosthetic Kinematics: Cruciate Retaining vs Posterior Stabilised vs Medial Pivot.- Alignment Targets in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Primary Knee Arthroplasty: The Patella - Resurfacing Options.- Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.- Aseptic Failure in Total Knee Arthroplasty.- The Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection.- Total knee arthroplasty Associated Infections - Treatment Strategies.- Periprosthetic Knee Fracture.- Aetiology of Patient Dissatisfaction with Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Principles of Revision Total Knee Replacement: Incisions, Approaches, Implant Removal and Debridement.- Bone Loss in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Revision Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique - Dealing with Instability.- Revision Knee Arthroplasty: Surgical Technique - Dealing with Extensor Mechanism Failure.