Interventional articular and para-articular knee procedures

Knee Articular Cartilage Restoration Procedures

Paraplegic para-articular calcification.

Abnormal ossification or calcification of the joints is seen in osteo-arthritis, Charcot's joints, and the Pellegrini-Stieda syndrome; less well-known is that seen in the soft tissues not involving the joint surface, consequent upon disease or injury of the nervous system. This condition has a variety of names: "para-osteo-arthropathy" (Dejerine, Ceillier, and Dejerine, 1919); "neurogenic ossif...

Para-articular osteochondroma: Role of diagnostic imaging

Para-articular osteochondroma (PAOC) is a subtype of extra-skeletal chondroma. This is a rare slow growing benign soft tissue tumour which arises from the adjacent joint and without continuity with the bone. The knee joint is the most frequent site of involvement, particularly at the infra-patellar fossa. We report two cases of para-articular osteochondroma of the knee joint. Based on the imagi...

Intra articular knee cycts: diagnosis and treatment

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Knee Articular Cartilage Repair and Restoration Techniques

CONTEXT Isolated chondral and osteochondral defects of the knee are a difficult clinical challenge, particularly in younger patients for whom alternatives such as partial or total knee arthroplasty are rarely advised. Numerous surgical techniques have been developed to address focal cartilage defects. Cartilage treatment strategies are characterized as palliation (eg, chondroplasty and debridem...