This book focuses on the current clinical practice outcome and the future development of Total
Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) in surgical settings. A major objective of this work is to address What
is the optimal design and fixation of the implants we use for knee arthroplasty reconstruction?
What are the gold standards? and Can we do better?. In an attempt to throw light on these
questions the authors evaluate data from clinical studies and assess various factors which may
influence the long term outcome of TKA. Many variables such as age severity implant design
and surgical techniques for appropriate component placement and soft tissue balancing are
explored in great detail by expert surgeons in the field.Total Knee Arthroplasty: Long Term
Outcomes will be a useful resource for recently qualified surgeons in search of an introduction
to this topic and for more experienced surgeons seeking an in-depth critical review of current
practices in TKA.
