We made a prospective arthroscopic study of 106 skeletally mature male sportsmen with an average age of 28.35 years (16.8 to 44) who presented with an acute haemarthrosis of the knee due to sporting activities. We excluded those with patellar dislocations, radiographic bone injuries, extra-articular ligamentous lesions or a previous injury to the same joint. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)...

Osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLT) are rare joint disorders. The talus is the third most common location of this disorder, following the knee and elbow joints. OLT represents 4% of all osteochondral lesions in the body. This article discusses the surgical treatment and postoperative rehabilitation of osteochondral lesions of the talus.

Tissue engineering of a biological osteochondral multilayered construct with a cartilage-interface subchondral bone layer is a key challenge. This study presented a rabbit bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC)/silk fibroin scaffold-based co-culture approach to generate tissue-engineered osteochondral grafts with an interface. BMSC-seeded scaffolds were first cultured separately in osteogenic and chon...

BACKGROUND Osteochondral lesions of the talus are relatively uncommon but may be a cause of significant pain and disability in symptomatic patients. HYPOTHESIS Arthroscopic treatment of osteochondral lesions of the talus will result in good long-term clinical outcomes in the majority of patients. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of evidence, 4. METHODS Fifty patients with chronic osteochon...

INTRODUCTION Posterior fracture-dislocations of the shoulder are rare conditions. Misdiagnosis can occur in 50% - 80% of the patients. Due to the size of the lesion, stability of the joint could not be achieved with transfer of subscapular tendon or tuberosity. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old male patient was referred to our hospital with a neglected posterior shoulder fracture-dislocation. F...

Introduction Articular cartilage lines the surface of joints and transmits the forces generated with joint loading. When damaged, it has poor healing potential. Conditions such as osteochondritis dissecans, trauma, and occasionally avascular necrosis, can create free or detached fragments of articular cartilage with varying amounts of attached subchondral bone. Detached fragments require operat...

Osteochondral injury of the trochlea is a rare lesion of the articular surface of the ulnohumeral joint. A number of cases involving the humeral trochlea of adolescent throwing athletes have been reported in the Englishlanguage literature. In the last decade, elbow arthroscopy has evolved to become an accepted technique for the treatment of elbow osteochondral lesions. This is the first report ...