Role of Pre-operative Correction of Vitamin D3 Deficiency in Controlling Post-operative Bone Pain after Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic JournalIntroduction: Hypovitaminosis D plays an important role in post-operative bone pain and muscle strength in arthroplasty surgeries. Its role in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has not been elucidated yet.
Rajani AM +4 more
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Arthroscopic washout of the knee: a procedure in decline. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a chronic, progressive condition which often requires surgical intervention. The evidence for the benefits of arthroscopic debridement or washout for knee OA is weak and arthroscopy is currently only ...
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons +28 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 Aim: To compare the arthroscopy vs. arthrotomy for the treatment of native knee septic arthritis.Methods: Electronic databases of PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library were searched for eligible studies.
Zhimin Liang +5 more
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Transient neurologic symptoms following spinal anesthesia with isobaric mepivacaine: A decade of experience at Toronto Western Hospital [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Transient neurologic symptoms (TNSs) can be distressing for patients and providers following uneventful spinal anesthesia. Spinal mepivacaine may be less commonly associated with TNS than lidocaine; however, reported rates of TNS with ...
Abdallah, Faraj W. +4 more
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The importance of early arthroscopy in athletes with painful cartilage lesions of the ankle: a prospective study of 61 consecutive cases [PDF]
, 2006 BACKGROUND Ankle sprains are common in sports and can sometimes result in a persistent pain condition. PURPOSE Primarily to evaluate clinical symptoms, signs, diagnostics and outcomes of surgery for symptomatic chondral injuries of the talo ...
BA Hintermann +25 more
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Can the outside-in half-tunnel technique reduce femoral tunnel widening in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction? A CT study [PDF]
, 2017 There are different techniques for drilling the femoral tunnel in the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR), but their influence in the bone tunnel enlargement in unknown.
DE CARLI, Angelo +7 more
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Knee osteoarthritis in Australia: A 20-year case study of funding-system failure with poor outcomes
JSAMS Plus, 2022 A B S T R A C T: As long as 20 years ago, there was evidence that knee arthroscopy was an ineffective treatment for knee osteoarthritis. Yet Australia continues to generously fund ineffective treatments like knee arthroscopy and opioid drugs for knee ...
John W. Orchard
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Accelerated return to sport after osteochondral autograft plug transfer [PDF]
, 2017 Background:Previous studies have reported varying return-to-sport protocols after knee cartilage restoration procedures.Purpose:To (1) evaluate the time for return to sport in athletes with an isolated chondral injury who underwent an accelerated return ...
Brockmeier, Stephen F +6 more
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Arthroscopy Techniques, 2012 Several surgical approaches have been described for the treatment of recurrent posterior shoulder instability. Many authors have performed posterior bone block procedures with good results not only in the presence of glenoid bone loss or dysplasia but ...
Tomas Smith, M.D. +3 more
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EFORT Open Reviews, 2023 Various uses of posterior knee arthroscopy have been shown, including all-inside repair of posterior meniscal lesions, posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction or PCL avulsion fixation, extensile posterior knee synovectomy for pigmented ...
Sohrab Keyhani +6 more
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