What are the most common arthroscopic surgeries performed in orthopedics? According to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the knee and shoulder are by far the most common joints that require arthroscopic surgery, although the hip is increasingly becoming another location for surgery. More than 4 million knee and 1.6 million shoulder procedures are performed worldwide each yea...

Objectives: Arthrofibrosis is characterized by excessive collagen production and adhesions that result in restricted joint motion (stiffness) pain. The rate of procedural intervention (i.e. manipulation under anesthesia or surgical contracture release) ranges from 0.7% to 35% after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery, up 57% a knee dislocation event. Current treatments are l...

Abstract Background There is currently no drug therapy to prevent arthrofibrosis following knee surgery. We aimed determine if the anti-ischemic and anti-inflammatory adenosine, lidocaine Mg 2+ (ALM), reduces surgery-related in a rat model of implant Methods Male Sprague-Dawley rats ( n = 24) were randomly divided into ALM or saline groups. The right each animal was implanted with custom titani...

In hip implants, UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) liner wear is believed to be a key issue affecting the lifetime of the artificial joint. Dual mobility, a THA (Total Hip Arthroplasty) concept where the liner moves inside the metallic shell, has become popular due to its low dislocation rate. To understand the tribological behavior of this particular implant, especially the rol...

BACKGROUND We evaluated the results of surgical or non-operative treatment of knee dislocations and the effect of associated soft tissue injuries on the planning of treatment. METHODS The study included 12 patients (10 males, 2 females; mean age 34 years; range 17 to 75 years). Knee dislocations were caused by low-energy injuries in five patients, and by high-energy injuries in seven patients...

AIM To evaluate the influence of the titanium nitride (TiN) coating on the results of a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS A total of 910 patients (338 men; 572 woman), with a mean age of 65 (range 36-94) undergoing 1031 primary TKAs were assessed. Clinical evaluation and patient-reported outcomes were gathered one year after surgery. The questionnaires included the Knee injury and Osteoa...

Objectives: To systematically review the incidence of postoperative complications and adverse events following primary ACLR with quadriceps tendon autograft, while secondarily comparing reported rates in an all-soft tissue (QT) graft relative to grafts a patellar bone plug (QTPB). Methods: Two independent authors conducted literature search using PubMed, Embase, Scopus databases Preferred Repor...