Advances in Orthopedic Surgery of the Knee

E. Carlos Rodríguez-Merchán is a Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and “Emeritus” Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon currently working at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Dr. Rodríguez-Merchán graduated from Complutense University with a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1974, and subsequently completed a PhD in Medicine and Surgery. He is a former Associate Professor of Orthopedics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Dr. Rodríguez-Merchán is the author of more than 350 articles in peer-reviewed PubMed-cited journals, as well as 11 books.

• 1. Meniscal Repair.- 2. Meniscal Allograft Transplantation.- 3. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.- 4. Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: Treatment other than Patellofemoral Arthroplasty.- 5. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty.- 6. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty versus Total Knee Arthroplasty for Isolated Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis .- 7. Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.- 8. Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.- 9. Total Knee Arthroplasty after Proximal Tibia Fracture .- 10. Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Severe Obesity .- 11. Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients Younger Than 55 Years.- 12. Unilateral Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty versus Simultaneous Bilateral Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty .- 13. Mobile Bearing versus Fixed Bearing for Total Knee Arthroplasty  .- 14. Fast-track Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty .- 15. Repeat Two-stage Revision for Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection  .- 16. Revision Knee Arthroplasty for "Pain Without Loosening" versus “Aseptic Loosening".- 17. Robotic-assisted Primary Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty.