Main description:

This textbook provides an authoritative reference on one of the most problematic entities in the pathology of the knee. Throughout the text, esteemed international experts highlight their clinical insights for ensuring optimal non-surgical and surgical outcomes when treating anterior knee pain and patellar instability. The chapters are revised with the latest updates and new chapters are featured focusing upon robotic-assisted patellofemoral replacement, predictive diagnostic models in anterior knee pain patients based on artificial intelligence, brain network functional connectivity in anterior knee pain patients, and many other hot topics in the field.

Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability, 3rd Edition is an essential, multi-disciplinary textbook for all levels of orthopedic surgeons, physiotherapists, radiologists, biologists, pathologists, and bioengineers, who wish to learn more about this complex pathology that affects both young and older patients.

Contents:

In Memoriam

Acknowledgments

Foreword to the first edition - Ejnar Eriksson

Foreword to the second edition - John P. Fulkerson

Foreword to the third edition - Robert A. Teitge

Preface - Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

SECTION I - ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES. PREVENTION AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS

CHAPTER 1. Patellofemoral Pain. An Overview.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Ronald P. Grelsamer

CHAPTER 2. Pathophysiology of Anterior Knee Pain.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Esther Rosello-Sastre, Scott F. Dye and Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 3. Femoral and Tibial Rotational Abnormalities are the Most Ignored Factors in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Anterior Knee Pain Patients. A Critical Analysis Review.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 4. Why is Torsion Important in the Genesis of Anterior Knee Pain?

Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 5. Clinical and Radiological Assessment of the Anterior Knee Pain Patient.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Cristina Ramirez-Fuentes, Laura Lopez-Company and Pablo Sopena-Novales

CHAPTER 6. Evaluation of Psychological Factors Affecting Anterior Knee Pain Patients: The Implications for Clinicians Who Treat these Patients.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Julio Domenech-Fernandez, BenjaminE. Smith and James Selfe

CHAPTER 7. Management of Anterior Knee Pain from the Physical Therapists Perspective.

Jenny McConnell

CHAPER 8. Targeted Treatment in Anterior Knee Pain Patients According to Subgroups vs Multimodal Treatment.

James Selfe

CHAPTER 9. Surgical Treatment of Anterior Knee Pain. When is Surgery Needed?

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 10. The Failed Patella. What can we do?

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Julio Domenech-Fernandez, and Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 11. Risk Factors for Patellofemoral Pain. Prevention Programs.

Michelle C. Boling and Neal R. Glaviano

CHAPTER 12. Anterior Knee Pain after Arthroscopic Meniscectomy. Risk factors, Prevention and Treatment.

Jorge Amestoy, Daniel Perez-Prieto and Joan Carles Monllau

CHAPTER 13. Anterior Knee Pain Prevalence after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Risk factors and Prevention.

Antonio Darder Sanchez-Minguet, Antonio Darder Prats, and Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

CHAPTER 14. Patellar Tendinopathy. Risk factors, Prevention, and Treatment.

Rochelle Kennedy and Jill Cook

CHAPTER 15. Pathophysiology of Patellar Instability.

William R. Post

CHAPTER 16. Evaluation of the Patient with Patellar Instability: Clinical and Radiological Assessment.

Andrew E. Jimenez, J. Lee Pace, and Donald C. Fithian

CHAPTER 17. Evolving Management of Acute Dislocations of the Patella.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Erik Montesinos-Berry, and Marc Tompkins

CHAPTER 18. How to Deal with Chronic Patellar Instability.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Erik Montesinos-Berry

CHAPTER 19. Limitations of Patellofemoral Surgery in Children.

Mahad Hassan and Marc Tompkins

CHAPTER 20. The Failed Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction. What can we do?

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Cristina Ramirez-Fuentes

CHAPTER 21. Surgical Treatment of Recurrent Patellar Instability: History and Current Concepts.

Christopher A. Schneble, David A. Molho, and John P. Fulkerson

CHAPTER 22. Chondral and Osteochondral Lesions in the Patellofemoral Joint.

Kevin Credille, Dhanur Damodar, Zachary Wang, Andrew Gudeman, and Adam Yanke

CHAPTER 23. Patellofemoral Arthritis.

Christopher S Frey, Augustine W Kang, Kenneth Lin, Doug W Bartels, Jack Farr, and Seth L Sherman

CHAPTER 24. Fresh Osteochondral Allografts in Patellofemoral Surgery.

Suhas P. Dasari, Enzo S. Mameri, Bhargavi Maheshwer, Safa Gursoy, Jorge Chahla, and William Bugbee

CHAPTER 25. Extensor Mechanism Complications after Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Jobe Shatrov, Cecile Batailler, Gaspard Fournier, Elvire Servien, and Sebastian Lustig

SECTION II - SURGICAL TECHNIQUES - WHY, WHEN AND HOW I DO IT

CHAPTER 26. Sonosurgery - Ultrasound-Guided Arthroscopic Shaving for the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy when Conservative Treatment Fails.

Ferran Abat and Hakan Alfredson

CHAPTER 27. Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction: Anatomical vs Quasi-Anatomical Femoral Fixation.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Maximiliano Ibanez, Cristina Ramirez-Fuentes, and Joan Carles Monllau

CHAPTER 28. Minimal Invasive MPFL Reconstruction Using Quadriceps Tendon.

Christian Fink

CHAPTER 29. Combined Medial Patellofemoral Ligament and Medial Patellotibial Ligament Reconstruction.

Robert S Dean, Betina B Hinckel and Elizabeth A. Arendt

CHAPTER 30. Warning: Lateral Retinacular Release Can Cause Medial Patellar Dislocation. Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction.

Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 31. Reconstruction of the Lateral Patellofemoral Ligament.

David S. Zhu and Lutul D. Farrow

CHAPTER 32. Patellar Tendon Imbrication.

Ronak M Patel, Sneh Patel, and Jack Andrish

CHAPTER 33. Quadricepsplasty.

Jason Koh

CHAPTER 34. Sulcus Deepening Trochleoplasty.

Edoardo Giovannetti de Sanctis and David H. Dejour

CHAPTER 35. Arthroscopic Deepening Trochleoplasty.

Lars Blond

CHAPTER 36. Lengthening Trochleoplasty.

Roland M. Biedert

CHAPTER 37. Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy in Patients with Patella Supera or Infera.

Joan Carles Monllau and Enrique Sanchez-Munoz

CHAPTER 38. Tibial Tubercle Anteromedialization Osteotomy (Fulkerson Osteotomy).

Andrew Gudeman and Jack Farr

CHAPTER 39. Rotational Osteotomy. Principles, Surgical Technique, Outcomes and Complications.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Alejandro Rosello-Anon, Cristina Ramirez-Fuentes, and Robert A. Teitge

CHAPTER 40. Bipolar Fresh Osteochondral Transplantation of the Patellofemoral Joint.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Joan Carles Monllau

CHAPTER 41. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty. Pearls and Pitfalls.

Pedro Hinarejos

SECTION III - CLINICAL CASES - PRIMARY AND REVISION PATELLOFEMORAL SURGERY - PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT PRESERVATION SURGERY

A CASE-BASED APPROACH

CASE # 1. Disabling Anterior Knee Pain after Failed MPFL Reconstruction in a Patient with Patellar Chondropathy, Femoral Anteversion and External Tibial Torsion.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Alejandro Rosello-Anon

CASE # 2. Disabling Anterior Knee Pain Recalcitrant to Conservative Treatment in a Patient with Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis and Structural Femoral Retrotorsion and Genu Varum.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Alejandro Rosello-Anon

CASE # 3. Severe Anterior Knee Pain Recalcitrant to Conservative Treatment in a Patient with Functional Femoral Retrotorsion.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Marc Tey-Pons and Joan Carles Monllau

CASE # 4. Disabling Anterior Knee Pain in a Multi-Operated Young Patient with Severe Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis and Medial Patellar Instability.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

CASE # 5. Multidirectional Patellar Instability after Over-medialization of the Tibial Tubercle in a Patient with Severe Trochlear Dysplasia and Patella Alta.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

CASE # 6. Failed MPFL Reconstruction in a Patient with Severe Trochlear Dysplasia and Malpositioning of the Femoral Attachment Point.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

CASE # 7. Lateral Patellar Instability in a Multi-Operated Young Patient with Severe Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis and Severe Trochlear Dysplasia.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Joan Carles Monllau

CASE # 8. Extensor Mechanism Reconstruction after Resection of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma that Infiltrates the Patellar Tendon.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Alejandro Rosello-Anon, Eloisa Villaverde-Domenech, Onofre Sanmartin and Juan Pablo Aracil Kessler

CASE # 9. Severe Patellofemoral Chondropathy in an Active 47-year-old Patient.

Erik Montesinos-Berry

CASE # 10. Dislocated Patella After Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Robert A. Teitge

SECTION IV - NEW FRONTIERS IN ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN, PATELLAR INSTABILITY AND PATELLOFEMORAL OSTEOARTHRITIS EVALUATION AND TREATMENT

CHAPTER 42. Kinetic and Kinematic Analysis in Evaluating Anterior Knee Pain Patients.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso and Jose Maria Baydal-Bertomeu

CHAPTER 43. Patellofemoral Instrumented Stress Testing.

Ana Leal, Renato Andrade, Cristina Valente, Andre Gismonti, Rogerio Pereira, and Joao Espregueira-Mendes

CHAPTER 44. Anterior Knee Pain and Functional Femoral Maltorsion in Patients with Cam Femoroacetabular Impingement.

Marc Tey-Pons, Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, and Joan Carles Monllau

CHAPTER 45. Finite Element Technology in Evaluating Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction.

Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, Diego Alastruey-Lopez, Cristina Ramirez-Fuentes, Erik Montesinos-Berry, Gerard Ginovart, Joan Carles Monllau, and Maria Angeles Perez

CHAPTER 46. Biomechanical Analysis of the Influence of Trochlear Dysplasia on Patellar Tracking and Pressure Applied to Cartilage.

John J. Elias

CHAPTER 47. Brain Network Functional Connectivity Clinical Relevance and Predictive Diagnostic Models in Anterior Knee Pain Patients.

Maria Beser-Robles, Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, and Luis Marti-Bonmati

CHAPTER 48. Robotic-Assisted Patellofemoral Arthroplasty.

Joseph C. Brinkman, Christian Rosenow, Matthew Anastasi, Don Dulle, and Anikar Chhabra

CHAPTER 49. Modern Patellofemoral Inlay Arthroplasty - A Silver Lining in the Treatment of Isolated Patellofemoral Arthritis.

Marco-Christopher Rupp, Jonas Pogorzelski, Andreas B. Imhoff

CHAPTER 50. Virtual Orthopaedic Examination in Patellofemoral Disorders.

Casey L. Wright and Miho J. Tanaka

Epilogue - Joao Espregueira-Mendes