Build a comprehensive understanding of meniscus injuries with this issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine, covering topics important to practicing clinicians. Explore meniscus form and function, repair techniques, replacement options, and rehabilitation through return to play. Guest edited by Drs. Brett Owens and Ramin Tabaddor, this volume is one of four issues selected each year by series Consulting Editor Dr. Mark Miller.
What you'll learn
- Foundations of meniscus injury: Review meniscus form and function alongside the epidemiology of meniscus injury.
- Repair techniques and specific lesions: Explore meniscus repair techniques, meniscus root repair, and meniscus ramp lesions.
- Replacement and transplantation: Examine partial meniscus replacement and meniscus allograft transplantation.
- Regenerative science: Review meniscus regenerative basic science.
- Recovery and return to sport: Explore rehabilitation following meniscus repair and return to play following meniscus repair.
- Alignment and osteotomy: Examine their role in meniscus pathology, among other topics covered in the issue.
Who this is for
This issue is for practicing clinicians seeking a comprehensive review of meniscus injuries, with coverage spanning foundational science, surgical approaches, and recovery considerations.
Details
- Series: Clinics in Sports Medicine, Volume 39-1; The Clinics: Orthopedics, Volume 39-1
- Brand: Orthopedics Library
- Author: Beth A. Winkelstein
- Guest editors: Drs. Brett Owens and Ramin Tabaddor
- Series Consulting Editor: Dr. Mark Miller
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Edition: 1
- Published date: December 18, 2012
- Pages: 639
- ISBN: 9781040052822, 1040052827
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