Criteria for case selection within study. All horses were lame with the source of the lameness located to the stifle. No cases were included in this study with obvious radiographic or ultrasonographic abnormalities. (e.g. Osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) of the lateral trochlear ridge, Osseous Cyst Like Lesion (syn bone cyst) on the medial femoral condyle, collateral ligament desmitis, patella f...

Background: There are no published studies on the anthropometry of distal femur in Indian population. Hence results obtained from this study would provide valuable data average dimensions which can serve as guidelines for designing a suitable femoral component total knee prostheses population.
 Methods: After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria 41 dried each side (total 82) unknown a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the functional results from the technique of mosaicplasty, in the knees of patients with osteochondral lesions. METHODS Between August 1999 and March 2005, 27 patients underwent mosaicplasty on their knees. Twenty-one were male and six were female. The patients' ages ranged from 16 to 64 years (mean of 38.1 years). Seventeen lesions were located on the right knee and ten...

Twenty-two knees with osteochondritis dissecans diagnosed before skeletal maturity were followed prospectively into middle age: 32% had radiographic evidence of moderate or severe osteoarthritis at an average follow-up of 33.6 years; only half had a good or excellent functional result. We found that osteoarthritis was more likely to occur if the defect was large or affected the lateral femoral ...

We describe a case of a Monteggia fracture dislocation and an ipsilateral lateral humeral condyle fracture in a 3-year-old child. This is a rare combination of injuries with no previously reported cases in the literature. This case emphasises that when a fracture is detected around an elbow there should be a high index of suspicion for other injuries in the region.

A needle is described for obtaining specimens of non weight-bearing hyaline cartilage from the lateral femoral condyle. The hyaline cartilage of the femur continues onto the lateral surface of the condyle as a 'lip' which lies deep to the capsule of the knee joint and is readily accessible for biopsy. The cylindrical needle is hollow with a sharpened cutting edge and is 5 mm. in diameter. Withi...

BACKGROUND Accurate evaluation of the plain radiography of lower limb is critical for preoperative planning of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). We aimed to investigate the effect of femoral lateral bowing and rotation on the radiographic measurements of distal femoral condyle resection thickness (DRT) and the distal femoral resection valgus angle (FVA). METHODS We analyzed 246 three-dimensional...

INTRODUCTION Lateral humeral condyle fractures typically require a longer period of internal fixation than other distal humeral fractures due to the increased risk of non-union. K-wires can be buried and left in situ until union or they can be left unburied and require removal after four weeks, with plaster immobilisation until union. There is no consensus as to whether wire burial is preferab...