No. 028: March-April 2024

This month, we are honored to feature an interview with Michel Bonnin, orthopedic surgeon and President of the European Knee Society. A product of the Lyonnaise school, Professor Bonnin has devoted his career to the anatomical restoration of native knee kinematics, building on early biomechanical research into tibial slope conducted alongside Henry Dejour. His work has since expanded into customized prosthetic design, three-dimensional preoperative planning, and robotic-assisted surgery, with a sustained emphasis on standardizing individualized surgical protocols across European practice.

The clinical contributions in this issue address personalized alignment in TKA and examine why individualized TKA facilitates the restoration of native alignment, alongside current concepts and a glimpse into the future of partial knee replacement. A new perspective in cementless total knee arthroplasty broadens the implant discussion, while individualised therapy of femoral neck fractures — the Wiesbaden concept extends the scope to proximal femoral pathology.