BACKGROUND Patients with knee pain as a result of osteoarthritis or degenerative meniscal injury may seek treatment through arthroscopic surgery. How effective arthroscopic debridement with or without meniscectomy is for relieving pain and improving patients' functional outcomes is uncertain. OBJECTIVES To conduct an evidence update of an evidence-based analysis (EBA) conducted in 2005 to det...

We identified ten patients who underwent arthroscopic revision of anterior shoulder stabilisation between 1999 and 2005. Their results were compared with 15 patients, matched for age and gender, who had a primary arthroscopic stabilisation during the same period. At a mean follow-up of 37 and 36 months, respectively, the scores for pain and shoulder function improved significantly between the p...

Our aim was to evaluate the effect of arthroscopic lysis and lavage of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) on synovial microvascularisation by comparing preoperative and postoperative grades measured by power Doppler ultrasonography (US). We studied 22 patients with hypomobility, clicking, and pain in the TMJ. Power Doppler US were obtained preoperatively to assess the presence of synovial microv...

BACKGROUND Pathologic changes of the long head of the biceps tendon are a recognized source of shoulder pain in adults that can be treated with tenotomy or tenodesis when nonoperative measures are not effective. It is not clear whether arthroscopic or open biceps tenodesis has a clinical advantage. HYPOTHESIS Pain relief and shoulder function after all-arthroscopic suprapectoral biceps tenode...

BACKGROUND One complication of anteroinferior glenohumeral shoulder dislocation is a critical bone defect that requires surgical repair to prevent recurrent instability. However, controversy exists regarding the surgical management because both open and arthroscopic surgeries have respective advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, it is difficult to determine the patient's preferred treatment, ...

background:   various drugs are administered intra-articularly to provide postoperative analgesia after arthroscopic knee surgery. the purpose of this study was to assess the analgesic effects of intra-articular injection of a dexmedetomidine   following knee arthroscopy.     methods:   forty six patients schadualed for arthroscopic knee surgery under general anaesthesia, were randomly devided ...

background: arthroscopic intervention is very common for conducting orthopedic surgeries. after a knee arthroscopic surgery, different drugs are used through intra-articular administration to induce analgesia. the aim of this study was to evaluate analgesic effects of bupivacaine (marcaine), bupivacaine plus midazolam, and bupivacaine plus fentanyl in reducing pain after knee arthroscopic surge...

abstract   background: despite being the largest rotator cuff tendon of the shoulder, the function and clinical relevance of subscapularis pathology has been largely ignored in the literature. although many studies have focused on subscapularis tears recently, majority of them reported techniques for open repair. the advent of arthroscopy and arthroscopic repair techniques has opened new fronti...

BACKGROUND Attainment of the technical skill necessary to safely perform arthroscopic procedures requires the instruction of orthopaedic surgery residents in basic arthroscopic skills. Although previous studies involving shoulder arthroscopy simulators have demonstrated a correlation between task performance and the level of prior arthroscopic experience, data demonstrating the correlation of s...

BACKGROUND Pain following hip arthroscopy is highly variable and can be severe. Little published data exists demonstrating reliable predictors of significant pain after hip arthroscopy. The aim of this study was to identify influence of intraoperative factors (arthroscopic fluid infusion pressure, operative type) on the severity of postoperative pain. METHODS A retrospective review of 131 pat...