This work aims to summarize clearly the current concepts in the surgical treatment of Osteoarthritis of the knee, including High Tibial or Femoral Osteotomy, Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty.

This book can be read at different levels: basic chapters are particularly dedicated to non-specialized or junior surgeons, rheumatologists, radio logists and physiotherapists. More specialized aspects dealing with difficult cases and controversial topics are dedicated to highly specialized surgeons. Numerous chapters focus on difficult cases in primary TKA, such as TKA on stiff knees, TKA in case of severe deformity or TKA following HTO or failed UKA. Strategy and options in revision TKA are also discussed in the second part of the book.

Thanks to its didactic approach, the reader will find quick answers to technical or conceptual difficulties. The use of numerous figures, X-rays and algorithms clarifies the statements and guides the reader throughout this book.

CONTENTS: GENERALITY.- Imaging knee osteoarthritis.- Osteoarthritis of the patello-femoral joint.- ACL and Arthritis.- The medical treatment of gonarthrosis.- Gene therapy in tissue engineering for cartilage repair.- SURGICAL TREATMENT.- Techniques in high Tibial Osteotomy.- Opening wedge osteotomy of the distal femur in the valgus knee.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: results, causes of failure, indications.- Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) - Technical principles .- Surgical indications in tibial arthrosis (TFA).- Point of view: what are the limits for ACL reconstruction ?.- TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY.- BASIS.- History, evolution of concepts, various current prostheses.- Results of TKA.- Causes of failure in TKA.- Rehabilitation following a TKA.- French anesthesia for total knee arthroplasty: Medical management during the perioperative period.- SPECIALIZED ASPECTS.- Total knee replacement in severe genu varum deformity.- TKA in valgus knee.- Total knee arthroplasty for the stiff knee.- TKA after High Tibial Osteotomy.- TKA after failure for unicompartmental arthroplasty.- Soft Tissue Balancing in TKA.- Complications due to extensor apparatus in TKA.- Femoral rotation in TKA.- Analysis and classification of bone defect revision TKA.- Revision TKA for aseptic failure.- Point of view: The treatment of the bone defect in revision TKA.- Choice of Constraint in Revision TKA.- Two stage reimplantation for infected total knee arthroplasty.- Osteoarthritis of the knee - Soft tissue defect problem: prevention and traitment.- Computer assisted navigation in total knee replacement.- CONTROVERSIAL POINTS.- Conservation of the PCL in TKA.- Substitution of the posterior cruciate ligament in total knee arthroplasty: advantages and pitfalls.- Fixation with or without cement in TKA.- The mobile plateau in TKA.- Rotational positioning of the femoral component in TKA.- Steps and strategy in the insertion of posterior stabilized knee replacements.-