Surgical techniques: Partial knee replacement
Abstract
The content of this DVD is well structured and progresses in a logical order. It addresses virtually all technical aspects of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) – medial (fixed and mobile bearing), lateral, patellofemoral, and combined replacement. The content builds from a simple demonstration of how to do a UKA on a cadaver limb through live surgical demonstrations culminating in a brief but useful ‘pearls and pitfalls’ discussion. The authors of each section give clear and precise narrative, with explanation of why the specific surgical techniques are performed. The only notable omission was that of the increasingly-popular ‘spacer-block’ technique for fixed bearing UKA, a system being offered by most new-generation devices. Although freehand techniques are diminishing in popularity, the inclusion of the Repicci methods add some useful tips and not just an historical perspective.
