Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is an extremely common cause of disability. The etiology is multifactorial, but joint injury is a prevalent cause of OA in the knee. Studies have shown that meniscal injury requiring a meniscectomy alters knee biomechanics and leads…
Few areas in orthopaedic surgery have grown as rapidly as knee arthroscopy. Arthroscopy often can be performed more quickly and with increased accuracy, lower complication rates, decreased hospitalization time, and shorter recovery periods, compared with many more open operative techniques.…
Anterior shoulder instability is the most common type of shoulder instability. It is typically the result of a traumatic event with dislocation of the glenohumeral joint. However, instability also may present as subluxation, a condition in which the joint symptomatically…
Introduction When Bankart originally described anterior glenohumeral instability, he described the labral tear as the essential lesion which was present in over 90% of cases. More recently, however, we have recognized the increasing role of bony anatomy in shoulder stability.…