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Edited by Richard S. Laskin. 268 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1991. $149. ISBN 0-387-19644-7.
Third edition. By Rene Cailliet. 287 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, F.A. Davis, 1992. $19.95. ISBN 0-8036-1622-8.
By Alfred J. Tria, Jr., and Kenneth S. Klein. 168 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1992. $59.95. ISBN 0-443-08794-6.
By Guy Liorzou. 108 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1991. $89. ISBN 0-387-53761-9.

These four books have as their common subject the largest, most complex joint in the human body -- the knee. Beyond that, their focus and intended audiences are quite different.

The book edited by Laskin deals with a single operative procedure, total knee replacement. Laskin has assembled 23 contributors to discuss all aspects of knee-replacement surgery. The book contains four major sections and includes 228 figures and illustrations. The first section provides historical background, along with a review of our present understanding, of the biomechanics of the knee, materials, and future design considerations. This section also includes a discussion of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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