Digital edition of the book "Failures in knee surgery" sponsored by Sanofi and led by Dr. JC. Monllau, Head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of the Parc de Salut Mar (Hospital del Mar / Hospital de l'Esperança), Head of the Knee and Arthroscopy ICATME-Hospital Universitari Dexeus and Professor of Orthopedics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
The aim of this book is to address some of the common problems occurring after knee surgery and describe the method used to solve it. This approach is somewhat unusual in medical texts rather tend to organize these works by chapters, following a seemingly logical preset order (eg anatomy, biomechanics, injury, treatment, etc ...). In this project, however, the structure is much more direct, describing the problem and the best solution in the thinking of each of the authors described step by step.
This work will be very useful for anyone orthopedic surgeon with an interest in the pathology of the knee and face problems of this style as usual.
The work consists of 13 chapters, complications or poor results of previous surgery, and responsible for providing the solution is 8 Spanish surgeons and 5 foreign (4 European and American), all with plenty of experience and reputation in the field of surgery knee. In the case of foreign authors the original text written in English, in order to accurately reflect the author's thinking be respected.