The aim of this study was to compare findings from clinical examinations, MRI scans and arthroscopy in ACL injury of the knee in order to assess the diagnostic significance of both examination findings. This study was conducted to manage the reliability of clinical diagnosis in ACL tear injuries. All patients attending our clinic with knee pain from 2009 to 2013 underwent systematic and thoroug...

OBJECTIVE Quantitative and nondestructive methods for clinical diagnosis and staging of articular cartilage degeneration are important to the evaluation of potential disease-modifying treatments in osteoarthritis (OA). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a novel imaging technology that can generate microscopic-resolution cross-sectional images of articular cartilage in near real-time. This st...

The purpose of this study is to review the trends in hip arthroscopy using data from a statewide database, focusing on utilization rates, patient demographics and complication rates. The Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database for New York State was queried for cases of hip arthroscopy from 1998 to 2012. Patient demographics and procedural details were collected. Pa...

Venous thromboembolism is uncommon after knee arthroscopy, and there are no guidelines for thromboprophylaxis in elective routine knee arthroscopy. Preoperative evaluation of common thrombophilias should provide guidance for postarthroscopy thromboprophylaxis in otherwise healthy patients who are at high risk for venous thromboembolism. This study assessed 10 patients with venous thromboembolis...

The role of radiofrequency energy (RFE) devices has been minimally studied in hip arthroscopy. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of RFE devices in hip arthroscopy through a systematic review of the literature. We searched the PubMed database using the following Medical Subject Heading terms: hip arthroscopy, hip radiofrequency, thermal capsulorrhaphy, thermal chondroplasty and...

BACKGROUND Midazolam has some potential in pain control of patients undergoing knee arthroscopy. However, the results remain controversial. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the effect of midazolam on pain control after knee arthroscopy. METHODS PubMed, EMbase, Web of science, EBSCO, and Cochrane library databases are systematically searched. Randomized controlled tr...

BACKGROUND Arthroscopy was used to observe the clinical effect of liver-softening medicine for treating knee osteoarthritis (OA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty knee OA patients with cartilage classifications of Outerbridge grade II, III, or II plus III determined via arthroscopy were randomly assigned to a treatment of liver-softening medicine plus glucosamine or a control treatment of glucosam...

We describe a prospective study of 328 patients undergoing arthroscopy of the hip. Arthrography, CT or MRI was performed when clinically indicated. A preoperative diagnosis was reached in 174 patients (53%), while the remaining 154 were diagnosed as having 'idiopathic hip pain'. In seven patients, access to the hip was inadequate. Arthroscopy altered the diagnosis in 176 hips (53%). The new pri...

We are describing an arthroscopy tip, which is helpful in suspected/diagnosed cases of intra-articular haemangioma of the knee. Intra-articular haemangiomas of the knee are a rare but known condition. Arthroscopy or MRI can be used for diagnosis. Arthroscopy was performed in a case of haemangioma diagnosed on MRI performed for anterior knee pain. Appearances of the haemangioma were entirely dif...