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Lateral Surgical Approaches to the Knee

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The lateral anatomy of the knee is a complex layer of tendinous, ligamentous, and neurovascular structures that must be taken into account during surgical approaches for extra-articular or intra-articular procedures. Numerous approaches exist for the lateral approach to the knee, from the distal femur, posterolateral corner, anterolateral ligament, intra-articular lateral parapatellar arthrotomy, open or inside-out meniscal repair, to the proximal tibia. In this chapter, we describe the anatomy of the lateral knee in detail, followed by an in-depth description of each of the surgical approaches to the structures above.

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    Andrew S. Bi, Massimo Petrera & Michael J. Alaia

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  2. Midwest Orthopedics, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA

    Jorge Chahla

  3. Department of Orthopedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA

    Scott A. Rodeo

  4. Complex Knee and Sports Medicine Surgeon, Twin Cities Spine Center, Edina, MN, USA

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Bi, A.S., Petrera, M., Alaia, M.J. (2023). Lateral Surgical Approaches to the Knee. In: Sherman, S.L., Chahla, J., Rodeo, S.A., LaPrade, R. (eds) Knee Arthroscopy and Knee Preservation Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82869-1_14-1

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