Knee pain is a common complaint in clinical practice, and pes anserinus tendino-bursitis syndrome (PATB) has been frequently diagnosed based only on clinical features that may cause equivocal interpretations. Patients complain of characteristic spontaneous medial knee pain with tenderness in the inferomedial aspect of the joint. Studies with different imaging modalities have been undertaken dur...

BACKGROUND Post-operative sensory disturbances following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using the quadruple hamstring tendon is a prevalent complication. This study evaluates the impact of exploration and salvage of superficial branches of the saphenous nerve on the incidence of post-operative sensory loss. METHODS In a prospective descriptive study, 98 out of 120 patients wi...

PURPOSE To assess the effect of each step of medial soft-tissue releases on the joint gap angle during posterior-stabilised total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS 82 women and 9 men (mean age, 72 years) with medial osteoarthritic knees underwent 100 posterior-stabilised TKAs, in which release of superficial fibres of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) were required using the gap control tec...

Intra-articular injections of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and other novel blood-derived products developed specifically for osteoarthritis (OA) can provide pain relief potential benefits in disease progression. Meta-analyses show the clinical superiority PRP compared with intra-articular injections, but results are modest effect sizes small. knee OA performed indiscriminately, response varies en...

today’s tissue engineering is an important and interested method to treatment of  bone lesions so tissue engineering specialists and orthopedic surgeons are forced to serve as a safe alternative to current methods.the introduction ofa scaffoldthathas thebestefficiencyisamajor challengeto scientistsand researchersin this field.the aim ofthisstudy is to investigatethe polyaniline(pani) influence ...