Objectives: In cases of patellar dislocation, surgical intervention is typically reserved for patients with recurrent instability, unless a chondral or osteochondral fragment identified following the initial dislocation. There concern that multiple dislocation events may result in higher incidence articular cartilage injury. The purpose this study to compare damage single those dislocations, an...

Introduction: Focal, full-thickness chondral defects are commonly seen after injuries sustained during athletic activities. These lesions have a poor healing capacity because of its lack of vessels, nerve supply, and isolation from systemic regulation. To resolve this problem, hyaluronic acid has been used in clinical situations. In an animal model, intraarticular injection of hyaluronic acid w...

Treatment of young, active persons with symptomatic cartilage lesions of the glenohumeral joint represents a significant challenge. Diagnosis of glenohumeral chondral defects is not always straightforward and effective treatment requires familiarity with a number of techniques. Low-demand individuals may accept palliative therapy in the form of arthroscopic debridement as a temporizing solution...

The purpose of this study was to explore the optimal timing for surgical intervention of partially injured anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL). Thirty-eight patients were divided into early (n=17) or delayed (n=21) surgery groups based on the interval between injury and surgery. Minimum follow-up was 2 years. The outcome measures used were the International Knee Documentation Committee score, Lys...

ABSTRACT When a patient presents with knee pain and locking after an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, a new meniscal injury or an osteochondral loose body are usually considered for differential diagnosis. We present the case of a 22-year-old female with just these complaints 6 months after ACL reconstruction surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee showed a broken ...

The purpose of this study was to compare the perioperative complications and traction times in femoroacetabular impingement hip arthroscopy with either a peripheral or central compartment starting point. Sixty patients with femoroacetabular impingement were treated with hip arthroscopy. Thirty patients had a peripheral compartment starting point and 30 had a central compartment starting point. ...

To the Editor: In the article by Ikeuchi et al.1 entitled “Localized Synovial Hypertrophy in the Anteromedial Compartment of the Osteoarthritic Knee,” we recognized similarities in their Figs 1A and 1B, arthroscopic views of localized synovial hypertrophy in the anteromedial compartment with accompanying “degenerated cartilage of the medial femoral condyle,” to content in our article published ...

In the article by Ikeuchi et al. [1] entitled ‘Localized Synovial Hypertrophy in the Anteromedial Compartment of the Osteoarthritic Knee’, we recognized similarities in their Fig. 1A and B, arthroscopic views of localized synovial hypertrophy in the anteromedial compartment with accompanying ‘degenerated cartilage of the medial femoral condyle’, to content in article published nearly 13 years b...