The Unhappy Total Knee Replacement

- Basics of total knee replacement: Anatomy and biomechanics of the knee after total knee arthroplasty
- Biology of the knee after TKA- the neglected potential or source of failure?- There is an optimal axial alignment in TKA- rotation does matter!- There is an optimal alignment of the TKA- tibial rotation does matter!- Gap balancing in total knee arthroplasty- the US perspective
- Design, shape, and materials of total knee arthroplasty - What works well, what does not
- Patellofemoral complications and mal-tracing in TKA are influenced by what?- Image analysis- new ways to improve the diagnosis in patients after TKR
- How can preoperative planing prevent occurence of a painful TKA? Causes of pain after TKA: Avoiding Wound Complications in Total Knee Arthroplasty- Failure of the TKA implant
- Periprosthetic fractures following total knee replacement- an epidemic problem on the rise!- Malposition and malorientation of TKA
- The problem of under- or oversizing of TKA
- Instability of TKA
- Extensor mechanism deficiency in TKA
- Causes and diagnosis of aseptic loosening after TKA
- Infection after TKA
- Allergy and hypersensitivity to implant materials in patients with TKA: an allergological approach
- Stiffness after total knee arthroplasty
- The unhappy TKA: Reducing the impact of psychological factors on outcome
- Impingement after TKA.  Diagnostics: Medical History and physical examination
- Laboratory analysis in the assessment of painful total knee arthroplasty
- What do the radiographs tell us?- CT determination of component orientation and position in patients after TKA
- Magnetic resonance imaging in knee arthroplasty
- The diagnostic value of SPECT/CT in the 'unhappy' total knee arthroplasty- a potential for better diagnosis!- FDG-PET in patients with total knee arthroplasty - what is the evidence?- Fluroroscopy and stress radiographs diagnosing laxity/instability in patients after TKA
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Michael T. Hirschmann is Head of Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Switzerland. Dr. Hirschmann graduated in medicine from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, in 2003. He subsequently undertook orthopedic resident specialty training at Kantonsspital Bruderholz and several visiting fellowships, including a Clinical and Research Fellowship in the Orthopedic Department of Imperial College London. Dr. Hirschmann was awarded his board certification in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology in 2011 and his Habilitation "venia docendi" from the University of Basel, Switzerland in 2012. Dr. Hirschmann is a current member of the Executive Committee of the Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie (Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery), the Bone and Joint Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine and the ESSKA Arthroscopy Committee. He is also a member of the editorial boards of Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy and the World Journal of Orthopedics. He is the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.

Roland Becker is Head of the Centre for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Brandenburg (Municipal Hospital Brandenburg), Brandenburg, Germany. Dr. Becker graduated in medicine from the Medical Academy, Magdeburg, in 1992 and received his board certification in Orthopedics in 1998 and in Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery in 2006. He received his Habilitation and "venia legendi" for Orthopedics and Sports Traumatology in 2003 and was appointed Associate Professor at Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg in 2011. Dr. Becker has held various leading positions in medical scientific societies, including as President of the Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie (Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery), a member of the Board of Directors of European Knee Associates (of ESSKA) and a member of the Knee Committee of the International Society of