background:  few clinical trials have studied the functional and cosmetic outcomes of different closure tech- niques of surgical incisions. skin wound and incision closure methods may influence the healing process and cos- metic outcome. the present study aims at comparing three different suture techniques of skin closure. methods: in a clinical trial, sixty patients with anterior cruciate liga...

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 into two groups. intervention group received 1μg/kg dexmedetomidine (d) and isotonic saline. control group received 25ml is...

objectives: the aim of this study was to extract suitable spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters to determine how total knee replacement (tkr) alters patients’ knee kinematics during gait, using a rapid and simplified quantitative two-dimensional gait analysis procedure. methods: two-dimensional kinematic gait pattern of 10 participants were collected before and after the tkr surgery, using a ...

Background: The maintenance of deformity in the ankle and hindfoot after correction of knee deformity following kneearthroplasty may cause abnormal tension in the knee and patient dissatisfaction. The aim of this study was to determinethe effect of knee arthroplasty on the hindfoot alignment in patients with severe genu varum and valgum.Methods: A total of 84 patients with pri...

background osteoarthritis (oa) is a multifactorial, disabling and degenerative disease that worsens with age and affects patient’s health-related quality of life (hrqol). objectives the current study aimed to assess if age and comorbidities have an influence on knee oa and knee replacement outcome before and after the surgery. methods a quasi-experimental intervention study was conducted on a s...

abstract  background: in the recent decade, many primary total knee arthroplasties have  been carried out in iran and the number of revision cases is expected to rise with the  aging population. the aim of this study was to report the outcome of revision surgery  in the country and make a comparison between the outcome of revision and that of  the primary arthroplasty.  methods: retrospectively...

 Abstract  Background: In the recent decade, many primary total knee arthroplasties have  been carried out in Iran and the number of revision cases is expected to rise with the  aging population. The aim of this study was to report the outcome of revision surgery  in the country and make a comparison between the outcome of revision and that of  the primary arthroplasty.  Methods: Retrospectivel...

In normal activities such as walking, rn­ning, kneeling, climbing stairs and gettmg in and out of chairs the loa pu OI.the human knee joint can exceed five times the weight of the body. Nowadays large num­bers of people make ! urtrer d mands on the knee in participatmg 1_n sucli sport  as football, tennis and long distance runnng. It is no wonder that many people go mto their later years with o...

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 ...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to extract suitable spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters to determine how Total Knee Replacement (TKR) alters patients’ knee kinematics during gait, using a rapid and simplified quantitative two-dimensional gait analysis procedure. Methods: Two-dimensional kinematic gait pattern of 10 participants were collected before and after the TKR surgery,...