Cortical Drilling for Degenerative Arthritis

Degenerative Arthritis of the Knee

An increased life expectancy and heightened awareness of the importance of maintaining physical fitness throughout adulthood equal more miles on knees.1-5 There are variations in the patient population with articular surface changes: age, physical demands, goals, and expectations. In the active individual, how do we keep these knees natural, painless, and moving? The wand of the arthroscope doe...

Two-stage Total Knee Arthroplasty for Treatment of Surgical Failure of Septic Arthritis in Degenerative Knee Joints

Background: The ultimate goal of the treatment of infectious knee arthritis is to protect the articular cartilage fromadverse effects of infection. Treatment, however, is not always hundred percent successful and has a 12% failurerate. Persistent infection is more likely to happen in elderly patients and those with underlying joint diseases,particularly osteoarthritis. Eradica...

cDNA arrays in degenerative arthritis research

IFSSH Scientific Committee on Degenerative Arthritis – CMC Joint

Stress radiography in degenerative arthritis of the knee.

The accurate assessment of compartmental involvement in degenerative arthritis of the knee is important when planning operative treatment. Standard radiographic techniques often fail to define the degree of involvement of the less affected tibiofemoral compartment. The use of stress radiography in the preoperative assessment of 30 knees with degenerative arthritis is described and the radiograp...