We analysed the long-term results with a mean follow-up of 10.2 years, of 66 total knee replacements in 42 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In all cases the posterior cruciate ligament was retained. There were only three complications (4.5%). Revision surgery was necessary in five knees (7.6%), including one (1.5%) with infection. At the final follow-up, 75.8% of knees were rated excellent c...

Contact between an anterior cruciate ligament graft and the intercondylar roof has been termed roof impingement. Grafts with impingement sustain permanent damage, and if the injury is extensive enough, then the graft may fail, causing recurrent instability. This study evaluated two mechanical factors that could be responsible for the graft injury associated with roof impingement: an increase in...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between the height of the medial longitudinal arch of the foot and non-contact injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament. METHODS One hundred and five patients were included in this case-control study. The case group consisted of 52 patients with non-contact injury of the anterior cruciate ligament. Fifty-three individuals with no history of symptoms reg...

Background and Objective: Knee joint is the complex joint. It much frequently injured due to trauma. The principle intra articular structures in knee are 2 cruciate ligaments, menisci collateral ligaments. main objective study MRI findings ligament injuries of Materials Methods: 110 patients with suspected was performed on 1.5-T MR system using flexible surface coil. Results: A total a period y...

Abstract The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is one of the four major stabilizers knee joint and functions as primary restraint to tibial translation. PCL tears rarely occur in isolation most commonly presents setting multiligamentous injuries. Several treatment strategies for these injuries have been proposed over last decades, including reconstruction repair. Arthroscopic repair has potenti...

This study aimed to analyze the spatial developmental changes of rat cruciate ligaments by three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction using episcopic fluorescence image capture (EFIC). Cruciate ligaments of Wister rat embryos between embryonic day (E) 16 and E20 were analyzed. Samples were sectioned and visualized using EFIC. 3D reconstructions were generated using Amira software. The length of the ...

INTRODUCTION Knee arthroscopy knee is gold standard in diagnosis and simultaneous treatment of knee disorders. But most patients undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before arthroscopy, although MRI results are not always consistent with arthroscopic findings. This raises the question in which suspected diagnoses MRI really has influence on diagnosis and consecutive surgical therapy. MATE...