Mechanism of derangements of the medial semilunar cartilage and their management.

A ring-shaped medial semilunar cartilage.

Autogenous Osteochondral Transplantation Mosaicplasty (An Animal Study on Sheep)

Background: Autogenous osteochondral grafting of articular defect in weight-bearing surface of large joints has proven to be a proper biomechanical and physiological solution for localized full-thickness defects.Objective: To study the gross and histopathological results of mosaicplasty in an animal model (sheep’s medial femoral condyle), evaluating the factors of defect and graft size, assessi...

Alternative treatments for meniscal injuries.

Historical review. “By arterial injection with an opaque medium, one can discern a network of fine vessels from the capsule, entering the convex border of the meniscus but disappearing almost immediately. Because of this, one might expect healing in peripheral meniscus detachments, but none in tears limited to the semilunar cartilage itself”. These were the opening sentences of King’s paper at ...

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...

Combination of bone marrow derived cells transplantation and high tibial osteotomy in early osteoarthritis of knee: A preliminary study

Purpose: high tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a recommended treatment for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Newer cartilage regenerative procedures may add benefits to the result of HTO. In this prospective study we investigate safety and also results of HTO associated with bone marrow derived cells (BMDC) transplantation in relatively young and middle aged active individuals with early osteoar...