Reconstruction of the posterolateral corner (PLC) of the knee is essential to restore knee joint function. Controversy exists regarding a standardized nomenclature, the connective attachments and the relationships between them, and the frequency of occurrence among all structures of the PLC. Thirty human cadaveric knee specimens were investigated. The lateral collateral ligament, popliteus tend...

purpose : to evaluate the results of anterior and nasal transposition (ant) of the inferior oblique muscle (io) in patients with the io muscle overaction methods : this retrospective case series included patients with io muscles overaction, in whom ant of the io muscle was performed. in patient with simultaneous horizontal deviation, horizontal strabismus surgery was also performed. they were e...

the aim of this study is to compare three modes of femoral fixation, namely aperfix, rigidfix and endobutton, in anterior cruciate ligament (acl) reconstruction. 120 patients were randomly assigned to three groups, each consisting of 40 patients, and each group was treated by one of the above mentioned methods of femoral fixation. all patients were examined prior to and 24 months after surgery,...

Disruption of the major ligaments of the knee was seen in six young men, five parachutists and a house painter, after what we have termed abduction-traction injury. This unusual complaint results from the application of a sudden block to the ankle while falling head first, leading to traction and abduction of the knee. All the patients underwent operations, generally with unsatisfactory results...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence of peri-incisional dysesthesia according to the skin incision technique for hamstring tendon graft harvest in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. METHODS Thirty-three patients with ACL rupture were separated in two groups: group 1, with 19 patients submitted to the oblique skin incision to access the hamstrings and group 2-14 patients operated by vert...

dear editor,we have greatly enjoyed reading the case report entitled “‘femoral condyle fracture during revision of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: case report and a review of literature in the issue of arch bone jt surg. 2015;3(2) with great interest. we would like to commend the authors for their detailed and valuable work. although various case reports have described postoperative ...

anterior cruciate ligament (acl) reconstruction surgery has significantly evolved in recent years. this has led to development of new technologies that facilitate the diagnosis of acl injury and the application of state of the art methods for treatment. in particular, individualized anatomical acl reconstruction aims to restore native acl function. treatment is tailored to each patient based on...