We report a case of a chondral delamination lesion due to medial parapatellar plica friction syndrome involving the medial femoral condyle. This mimicked a torn medial meniscus in clinical and radiological presentation. Arthroscopy revealed a chondral delamination flap, which was debrided. Diagnosis of chondral lesions in the knee can be challenging. Clinical examination and MRI have good accur...

The menisci play an important role in load distribution, load bearing, joint stability, lubrication, and proprioception. Partial meniscectomy has been shown to result in changes in the kinematics and kinetics at the knee during gait that can lead to progressive meniscal degeneration. This study examined changes in the strains within the menisci associated with kinematic and kinetic changes duri...

Marginal fractures of the medial tibial plateau have been reported in the literature as a secondary type of Segond fracture. Some reports described this entity in the setting of combined injuries such as root avulsions of the medial meniscus, complete disruption of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), and tears of the medial meniscus and m...

Introduction: Ultrashort echo-time (UTE) imaging methods, designed to capture T2 signals less than a millisecond, offer the ability to visualize deep cartilage layers and internal meniscus structure that are otherwise invisible by standard T2 mapping and conventional musculoskeletal imaging sequences. UTE-enhanced T2* (UTET2*) maps, acquired with the 3D AWSOS sequence (acquisition-weighted stac...

In a prospective double-blind study we investigated internal knee disorders with ultrasound and compared the results with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and arthroscopy. The aim was to determine the effectiveness of ultrasound in diagnosing Internal Derangement of the Knee (IDK) and to compare the results with MRI. Over an 18-months period, 81 patients were examined. All were male; they had a...

Meniscal ramp lesions are more frequently associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than previously recognized. Some authors suggest that this entity results from disruption of the meniscotibial ligaments of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus, whereas others support the idea that it is created by a tear of the peripheral attachment of the posterior horn of the medial meni...

Bucket-handle tears less frequently occur in the lateral meniscus than in the medial meniscus. An 11-year-old male patient complained of painful swelling and locking due to a displaced bucket-handle tear of the lateral meniscus. We recommended an arthroscopic surgery; however, the patient left the hospital without surgical treatment. Six weeks afterwards, he returned without any complain of pai...

To evaluate the operation skill and curative effect of Fast-fix system used in the arthroscopic meniscal repair. [Methods] A retrospective analysis was done in 32 patients who received in the arthroscopic meniscal repair by Fast-fix system. Among them , 12 were left knee, 20 were right knee, 9 were medial meniscus, and 23 were lateral meniscus. [Result] Average follow-up was 2 years and 6 month...