Purpose  Notchplasty is a complementary surgical procedure often performed during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) with the aim to widen the intercondylar notch and to avoid graft impingement. The aim of this review was to analyze the current literature evidence concerning the effects of notchplasty on clinical outcome after primary ACLR. Methods  Cochrane Database of Systematic...

Abstract Introduction Septic arthritis after arthroscopy (SAAA) is a devasting complication which reported frequency varies about 0.04%–5.7%. The aim of the study to analyze SAAA at one orthopedic center, risk factors and accuracy actual prophylactic measures. Materials Methods A retrospective (level evidence: V) includes 794 (665 primary 129 revision) “clean” arthroscopies performed in years 2...

Objectives: Graft failure rates following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction have been reported up to 30%. According the literature, one anatomic variant linked graft reinjury is a high posterior tibial slope. As result, surgeons are exploring effectiveness of slope reducing osteotomy (HTO) reduce subsequent risk. While cadaveric models indicate that this procedure decreases forces...

INTRODUCTION Joint registries have demonstrated value as a resource for the study of large numbers of patients, providing the opportunity to study rare occurrences and identify early failures of surgical procedures. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction registries have been established in Norway and the U.S. In this study, we compared the preoperative characteristics of the Norwegian ...