Anatomical Variation of the Semilunar Cartilage

Horizontal approach to the medial semilunar cartilage.

During the recent war it became apparent that the results of removing a semilunar cartilage varied considerably both with regard to immediate freedom from effusion and ultimate function of the joint. In the first year, many end-results were unsatisfactory, but subsequently much more satisfactory results were obtained when better selection of cases before operation was enforced. Such selection, ...

Congenital discoid medial semilunar cartilage.

Since the original description ofa dissecting-room specimen ofa congenital discoid lateral cartilage by Young of Glasgow in 1889, numerous publications have appeared on the subject. The stage has now been reached when it is recognised to be fairly common. Abnormalities of the medial cartilage on the other hand are rare. In this report three examples are described. Smillie (1948), in a contribut...

A ring-shaped medial semilunar cartilage.

Rupture of the Internal Semilunar Cartilage of the Knee-Joint

I venture to think the following notes of a case of injury to the knee-joint may prove interesting enough to be worth placing on record. It is not always we have an opportunity of inspecting the actual condition of an injured joint when the history of the case was so well known during life in the less important lion-fatal injuries. No. 1858, Private W. P., 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, was admi...

The Technique of Excision of the Internal Semilunar Cartilage.

i. Tuberculosis of the knee-joint is in the very large majority of cases initially a synovial infection, and remains so for a long period, and is sometimes entirely confined to the synovia. 2. X-ray examination is of no real value in the early diagnosis which must be made and treatment started long before X-ray changes are apparent. 3. Despite treatment the disease tends to involve the whole jo...