PURPOSE To compare the radiographic and clinical results of medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) using autogenous bone graft and allogenous cancellous bone graft for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee with two-year follow-up. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-one patients (52 knees) who underwent medial OWHTO from October 2007 to April. 2010 were included in the study. The pat...

Severe metallosis following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is relatively rare. It is usually due to long-standing wear of the polyethylene component, resulting in frictional wear between the femoral and tibial metallic components. Biomechanical and cadaveric studies have shown the effects of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) transection following medial UKA. We describe a case o...

  Background: Total knee arthroplasty is a complex procedure aiming to relieve pain and improve function. It is critical to select prosthesis that best cover the bone surfaces. Ethnicity may affect fitness of the components mainly designed for Caucasian populations. This study aimed to evaluate morphometric features of proximal tibia in Iranian population.   Methods : During 2013, 150 consecuti...

BACKGROUND The structural properties of the individual components of the superficial medial collateral ligament (MCL), deep MCL, and posterior oblique ligament (POL) have not been studied in isolation. To define the necessary strength requirements for an anatomical medial knee reconstruction, knowledge of these structural properties is necessary. HYPOTHESIS The components of the superficial M...

A young man, known to have had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since the age of seven, was seen again at the age of 24 when he developed excruciating pain over the medial aspect of his right foot and ankle. The pain, of four days’ duration, was aggravated by any movement of the foot or ankle, by weight-bearing and by pressure. There was no known relieving factor nor any history of injury. On exam...

background: total knee arthroplasty is a complex procedure aiming to relieve pain and improve function. it is critical to select prosthesis that best cover the bone surfaces. ethnicity may affect fitness of the components mainly designed for caucasian populations. this study aimed to evaluate morphometric features of proximal tibia in iranian population.   methods : during 2013, 150 consecutive...

Vascular injury in closed tibial plateau fractures is sometimes diffi cult to diagnose because radiological examination might reveal only minor disengagement of the tibial plateaus and a coexistant compartment syndrome may overlap the clinical signs.1,2,8,9 This article presents a case of a medial split fracture-dislocation with an associate rupture of the popliteal artery that went undiagnosed...

The term “Shin splints” is often used by physicians, athletes and coaches to describe pain along the tibia. In the literature there are several different conditions with different pathologies that can manifest this region. It is therefore of significance to make a correct diagnosis in order to treat and prevent the symptoms at hand. It is proposed that shin splints should be used only to descri...

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the biomechanical interaction between meniscus and cartilage in medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. METHODS The finite element method was used to simulate knee joint contact mechanics. Three knee models were created on the basis of knee geometry from the Open Knee project. We reduced the thickness of medial cartilages in the intact knee model by approximately 50% t...