Dimitrios D. Nikolopoulos

Central Clinic of Athens, Greece

Dr. Dimitrios D. Nikolopoulos, MD, Ph.D., is a sports medicine-specialized orthopedic surgeon and arthroscopist. He focuses on sports injuries, mainly in the shoulder, hip, knee, foot, and ankle pathology. He has performed arthroscopic restoration of hip, knee, and ankle cartilage, as well as treatment and surgical correction of foot disorders. He has published forty-five original scientific articles on the knee (valgus knee) and shoulder surgery (arthroscopic and minimally invasive new techniques), osteoporotic spine and hip fractures, and research into the in vitro environment of bone and cartilage metabolism in prestigious scientific journals in the United States, Europe, and Greece. Dr. Nikolopoulos has more than 240 citations in research projects on the valgus knee and cartilage ankle restoration. He has also presented more than 200 oral and poster presentations internationally.

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Orthopedic surgeons manage a wide array of shoulder injuries, including impingement syndrome, rotator cuff (RC) ruptures, shoulder fractures, scapular dyskinesis, and more. This book describes the pathology, evaluation, and management of shoulder and RC pathologies and highlights the role of an interprofessional team in the care of patients with these conditions. Chapters address such topics as shoulder biomechanics and pathology, arthroscopic evaluation and management of shoulder RC pathology, mini-open and arthroscopic balloon techniques for arthroplasty in severe arthritis, and difficult pathologies such as shoulder bone tumors and scapular dyskinesia.

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Shoulder Surgery for RC Pathology, Arthropathy and Tumors

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By Nikolopoulos Dimitrios, Sagos George and Michos Ioannis

Proper limb and component alignments as well as soft tissue balance are vital for the longevity and optimal long-term outcomes of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The majority of orthopedic surgeons agree that the total arthroplasty procedure in valgus knees with a deformity of more than 10° is technically demanding and may prove challenging. At the time of operation, the bone and soft tissue abnormalities that should be corrected make accurate axis restoration, correct component positioning and joint stability attaining a difficult task. Specific pathologic anatomic changes associated with valgus knee should be understood preoperatively and estimated so as to select the proper surgical method, to enhance component position and to restore soft-tissue balancing. The purpose of this chapter is to consider all the valgus knee anatomical variations, to analyze the best preoperative planning and to evaluate the type of implant, constrained or not. Lastly, it will also be underlying the current main approaches and techniques to be proposed in the literature for both bone cuts and soft tissue management of valgus knees and if minimally invasive techniques can be performed in severe deformed knees.

Part of the book: Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Dimitrios D. Nikolopoulos

Latest work with IntechOpen by Dimitrios D. Nikolopoulos

Shoulder Surgery for RC Pathology, Arthropathy and Tumors

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Tibia Pathology and Fractures

Cartilage Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Techniques

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