title: What would you do? Case challenges in knee surgery.
abstract: Six cases representing a variety of orthopedic issues were presented to a panel of senior surgeons. These included the following: (1) developmental patella baja with degenerative arthritis, (2) high valgus knee with attenuated medial collateral ligament, (3) degenerative arthritis with near-ankylosis, (4) depressed tibial plateau fracture with degenerative arthritis, (5) degenerative arthritis with laterally dislocating patella, and (6) degenerative arthritis with distal femoral malunion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Gerard A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Engh
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Laskin
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lotke
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Kelly G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Vince
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular