OBJECTIVE To provide guidance in the selection of the appropriate patient for arthroscopic debridement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety patients who were diagnosed with gonarthrosis according to modified American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria and who underwent arthroscopic debridement and meniscectomy were evaluated. Functional assessment of patients was made based on preoperative as we...

The clinical results after high tibial osteotomy for the treatment of symptomatic varus gonarthrosis are unpredictable. Although preoperative gait analysis has been shown to be useful in predicting successful outcome after high tibial osteotomy, there are no readily available preoperative clinical tests for predicting success. The authors did a study to determine the effects of an offset short-...

Background. Arthrosis has become a very common medical problem. In the literature there is little information about the conservative treatment of degenerative changes in the joint. The goal of our research was to assess the efficiency of selected physical agents (diadynamic electrical current, magnetic field, and ultrasound therapy) commonly used for pain management in the conservative treatmen...

INTRODUCTION This case report aims to discuss the clinical and radiological outcomes of prolotherapy at a patient whom to total knee prosthesis had been planned but surgery couldn't be performed due to co-morbidities. CASE PRESENTATION A 72 year old woman presented with severe pain at her knees for over 5 years. Treatment methods include weight loss, decreasing the weight bearing on the joint...

BACKGROUND The main goal of this study was to estimate the variability of gait parameters in patients diagnosed with arthroplasty of the knee joint. Angular changes of the knee joint in three planes, and spatio-temporal parameters of gait were analysed. MATERIALS AND METHODS A three-dimensional analysis of locomotion patterns was carried out using the Vicon 250 system in 33 patients aged 48-7...

The study presents the experience of surgical treatment for deforming osteoarthritis knee joint II-III stage, with axial deformations in 75 patients. Supracondylar varus resection osteotomies femur and supratuberous valgus tibia were performed depending on deformities. results these interventions evaluated according to methods developed our clinic. Good obtained 74% cases, satisfactory - 26% ca...