CONTEXT Medial impingement syndrome of the ankle is common in the athletic population. A marginal osteophyte on the leading edge of the medial talar facet and a corresponding "kissing" osteophyte on the tibia, in front of the medial malleolus, may abut and cause pain and limited dorsiflexion. BACKGROUND Palpation of the talar osteophyte and standard imaging-especially, the oblique view of the...

This article presents a case of a large inferior patellar osteophyte, which developed after patellar tendon autograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. This extensive osteophyte formed a neo-articulation with the tibial plateau and contributed to arthrofibrosis, patellar baja, and patellar pain. This is an extremely unusual complication following patellar tendon harvesting for AC...

OBJECTIVES To (a) develop an atlas of line drawings for the assessment and grading of narrowing and osteophyte (that is, changes of osteoarthritis) on knee radiographs, and (b) compare the performance of this atlas with that of the standard Osteoarthritis Research Society (OARS) photographic atlas of radiographs. METHODS Normal joint space widths (grade 0) for the medial and lateral tibiofemo...

introduction: degenerative changes of the cervical spine are more common in elderly, but anterior cervical osteophytes that cause problems in swallowing are rare. the most common cause of this problem is dish disease (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis). trauma is also suggested as a potential cause in osteophyte formation. case report: we report a rare case of anterior cervical osteophyt...

BACKGROUND/AIM Investigation of the association between obesity and the distinction of radiographic patterns in knee osteoarthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seven hundred and thirty-four women underwent weight-bearing antero-posterior knee radiography. Osteophytes and joint space narrowing (JSN) were graded according to the OARSI atlas. Each subject was assigned to one of the following groups w...

STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the segmental instability of wedging segments using dynamic films and the impact of osteophyte formation on segmental motion in degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Evaluation of segmental instability in DLS is essential for spinal surgery to make the decision "fusion or not fusion." Some previous studies...

OBJECTIVE In human osteoarthritis (OA), various forms of pathology are observed. Besides cartilage damage and fibrosis, neogenesis of bone, osteophyte formation, also occurs. Osteophytes are thought to limit joint movement and cause pain. The objective of this study was to investigate whether synovial macrophages are involved in osteophyte formation in experimental OA, and if they are, to study...

Introduction: In cervical disc disease, the exact location of the posterior osteophyte with relationship to the bodies of the adjacent cervical vertebra at each disc space level, as observed during surgery under operating microscope and correlating it with the histopathological development of the posterior osteophyte has not been documented in literature. A detailed review of literature on the ...

A case of 61-year-old man with a 2-year history of progressive difficulty in swallowing solid foods is presented. CT-scan and barium swallow test demonstrated an anterior osteophyte at C6. Resection of the osteophyte resolved the dysphagia. The rarity in the neurosurgical literature, the pathogenesis and the management of this condition are discussed.