Knowledge regarding changes of proteoglycans (acid mucins) in human osteoarthritis (OA) meniscus may help understanding development meniscal degeneration. Therefore, present study was planned to know acid mucins knee OA menisci by histochemical analysis different parts medial and lateral both legs. Medial were collected from 110 joints sexes. Normal tissue sheep taken as control studied for his...

background: this is a case series of 76 knees of 62 patients who underwent upper tibial valgus osteotomy for treatment of medial compartment osteoarthritis during a 20-year period and who were followed for a mean of 7.6 years.   methods: the patients were evaluated by validated outcome assessment systems of general health status short form (sf-36), the western ontario mcmaster osteoarthritis in...

Case: A 63 year-old woman with bilateral severe medial knee osteoarthritis, huge cartilaginous defects, and severe varus-valgus instability was treated by tibial condylar valgus (TCV) osteotomy. Her preoperative point of the weight-bearing (mechanical) axis was right -19% and left -20%. After surgery, the mechanical axis was right 60% and left 61% with a high degree of patient satisfaction. Con...

The meniscus roots are critical for meniscus function in preserving correct knee kinematics and avoiding meniscus extrusion and, consequently, in the progression of osteoarthritis. Several techniques exist for medial meniscus posterior root tear repair; however, current surgical techniques have been proved to fail to reduce meniscus extrusion, which has been shown to be associated with developm...

This article describes osteoarthritis of the knee and a giant intraosseous cyst of the medial femoral condyle in an 83-year-old man that was treated successfully with total knee arthroplasty and autologous bone grafts. The patient presented to the authors' hospital with a 2-year history of right knee pain. A plain radiograph of the right knee revealed grade 3 medial compartment osteoarthritis w...

Objective To explore the effects of proximal fibular osteotomy as a new surgery for pain relief and improvement of medial joint space and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods From January 2015 to May 2015, 47 patients who underwent proximal fibular osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis were retrospectively followed up. Preoperative and postoperative weight-bearing an...

BACKGROUND The relation between knee meniscal structural damage and cartilage degradation is plausible but not yet clearly proven. OBJECTIVES To quantitate the cartilage volume changes in knee osteoarthritis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and determine whether meniscal alteration predicts cartilage volume loss over time. METHODS 32 patients meeting ACR criteria for symptomatic knee...

Background High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a recommended treatment for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Newer cartilage regenerative procedures may add benefits to the results of HTO. In this prospective study we have investigated the safety and also results of HTO associated with autologous bone marrow derived cells (BMDC) implantation in relatively young and middle aged active individua...