Basic Knee Arthroscopy Part 3: Diagnostic Arthroscopy

Diagnostic Arthroscopy for Knee and Shoulder Intra - articular Injuries – Its

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Arthroscopy in Symptomatic Patients after Knee Arthroplasty

OBJECTIVES Assess the worthiness of arthroscopy in investigating and treating knee pain after arthroplasty unexplained by clinical and subsidiary examinations. METHODS Among 402 patients submitted to total or unicompartimental arthroplasty between September 2001 and April 2007 at a public university hospital, 17 presented with pain on prosthetic articulation, without clear diagnosis by clinic...

Morphine for Pain Relief after Knee Arthroscopy

We performed a randomised double-blind controlled study in patients undergoing elective knee arthroscopy to assess the effect of intra-articular morphine on postoperative pain relief. Patients in the study group (n = 10) received 5 mg of morphine in a 25 ml dilution intra-articularly while those in the control group (n 10) received 25 ml of saline. Postoperative pain was assessed at intervals b...

Return to activity after knee arthroscopy.

PURPOSE Although knee arthroscopy is described as minimally invasive, return to activity has been poorly quantitated. Our purpose is to test the hypothesis that most patients return to unrestricted activity within 4 weeks after knee arthroscopy. METHODS After prospective power analysis, 72 consecutive patients who underwent arthroscopic knee partial medial meniscectomy, partial lateral menisc...

Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Diagnosed following Knee Arthroscopy

A 41-year-old man with an unremarkable medical history presented with a painful knee after a sports injury. He was diagnosed with a medial meniscal tear. Symptoms did not abate after 6 months of physical therapy, and he underwent arthroscopic partial medial meniscectomy. A week after beginning physical therapy he experienced a knee effusion, decreased ROM, and inability to flex his quadriceps. ...