This book, featuring a practical hands-on format, describes an up-to-date and comprehensive approach to the management of complex knee injuries. The aim is both to equip practitioners with reliable expert guidance and to foster consensus in a field characterized by continuing debate. Initial response and diagnostic evaluation are explained, surgical techniques appropriate for different injuries are fully documented, and advice is provided on the response to injuries in specific scenarios and patient groups. Emphasis is placed on the vital role of precise diagnosis in establishing the optimal treatment approach, and full account is taken of the implications of the most recent anatomical and biomechanical data. Readers will also find recommendations on controversial topics, including the role of early surgical management, the use of autograft or allograft tissue, and the benefits of reconstruction (as opposed to repair alone) of the fibular collateral ligament and posterolateral corner structures. The authors are leading authorities from around the world with extensive clinical and research expertise in the field of knee dislocations.  

Anatomy and Biomechanics

Classification and Algorithm treatment
Management in the emergency room
Instrumental Evaluation
Neurovascular associated injuries
Surgical Timing. Surgical Techniques: ACL+Anterolateral capsular injuries
PCL/MCL injuries
PCL/PLC injuries
Bicruciate injuries
ACL/MCL injuries
ACL/PLC injuries
Acute Knee Dislocations
Chronic Knee Dislocations. Specific Scenario: Associated bone fracture
Osteotomy in chronic complex ligaments injury
Complex knee injuries in the young adult
Knee dislocation in obese patients
Knee dislocation in athletes
Complications in complex knee ligament injuries
Rehabilitation/bracing
Future trends in ligaments surgery: the role of biology.