PURPOSE To assess the results of arthroscopic adhesiolysis for arthrofibrosis of the knee and to investigate possible prognostic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Among the patients who developed arthrofibrosis after knee joint surgery, 68 patients who underwent arthroscopic adhesiolysis and were available for at least one-year follow-up were evaluated with regard to the Lysholm knee score, Inte...

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament injury is a common which occurs in sports with an annual incidence of 68.6% per 100,000 population. Anatomic arthroscopic reconstruction remains the main stay treatment ACL injury. Fixation graft classified as direct and indirect. To compare stability knee joint, complications anterior by aperture interference screw fixation versus suspensory device femur....

Aim: Retrograde intramedullary nailing for the treatment of femur fractures is a sound option due to its advantages including ease implant placement and better control distal segment, especially in fractures. Unfortunately, retrograde femoral nails are not available most developing countries or rural areas. The primary aim study investigate outcomes an alternative fracture with using tibial nai...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the benefit, reliability, and complication rate of autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) in patients with large full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee. METHODS Between March 1997 and December 2001, 71 consecutive patients (24 women, 47 men) were treated with ACI at the Freiburg University Hospital, Germany, and were included in this study. Average age was 35...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopic knee cavity internal drainage and cyst cavity debridement operation of popliteal cyst in knee osteoarthritis patients. METHODS From August 2007 to March 2013, 58 knee osteoarthritis patients with popliteal cyst were treated with arthroscopic knee cavity internal drainage through posteromedial portal and poplitea...

BACKGROUND Evaluating patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in early osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is difficult. Established measurement tools are focused on one of the two major patient groups in knee surgery: young, highly active patients, or older patients with advanced degenerative OA of the knee. Joint awareness in everyday life is a crucial criterion in measuring PRO. The purpose of this stud...

Delayed rather than early reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament is the current recommended treatment for injury to this ligament since it is thought to give a better functional outcome. We randomised 105 consecutive patients with injury associated with chondral lesions no more severe than grades 1 and 2 and/or meniscal tears which only required trimming, to early (< two weeks) or del...

PURPOSE We assessed the clinical outcome of contralateral arthroscopic meniscectomy performed with unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA). MATERIALS AND METHODS From May 1999 to June 2006, 23 patients underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty and contralateral arthroscopic meniscectomy at the same time. All patients were women and followed for at least 36 months, except 2 patients who di...

Introduction: The Purpose of the present study was to assess outcome anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with an accelerated rehabilitation protocol and compare it a conservative protocol. It hypothesized that protocol, including brace-free early weight bearing, would result in higher rate recurrent instability revision surgery compared Methods: From 2016 2017, two different protoc...