There are serious problems with existing methods of treating pilon fractures of the tibia caused by high-energy trauma. The method chosen to treat these fractures should not raise the risk of infection while effectively restoring the joint surface. We successfully treated a 42-year-old male patient with a pilon fracture caused by high-energy trauma using an arthroscopy-assisted unilateral exter...

Hip arthroscopy is a technically demanding procedure that is currently characterized by a "steep" learning curve. Therefore, achieving an advanced technical level is often challenging, especially for the amateur hip arthroscopist. Hand laterality when training in hip arthroscopy is an aspect that has been omitted. In addition, the technical differences regarding the handling of the surgical ins...

We carried out a prospective study in order to establish to what extent the intra-articular evaluation undertaken during arthroscopy of the knee differed between surgeons. Two senior specialist registrars and a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with a special interest in knee surgery were involved. A total of 78 knee arthroscopies (78 patients) was studied. Arthroscopy was first carried out by the...

Hip arthroscopy is among the most rapidly evolving arthroscopic techniques in the last decade and offers the benefits of being both a minimally invasive procedure and an excellent diagnostic tool. Improvements in instrumentation and surgical skills have advanced our ability to accurately diagnose and treat various conditions of the hip joint, and hip arthroscopy has elucidated several pathologi...

Elbow arthroscopy is growing in importance as a minimally invasive procedure directed at detecting and treating various pathologies affecting the elbow. We report our indications and results with this technique. With a mean follow-up of 6 years, a group of 24 patients out of 35 who consecutively underwent elbow arthroscopy over a 12-year period were retrospectively evaluated. We analysed the in...

BACKGROUND Hip arthroscopy is recognized as a highly effective means of treating joint disorders. Complications in hip arthroscopy, including neurovascular traction injury, compression injury to the perineum and scope trauma, have been reported. We report our experience with 73 hip arthroscopy procedures and complications at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. METHODS Seventy-two patients with 73 h...

Introduction Hip arthroscopy has increased in frequency over 300% between 2004 and 2009, as it has become an important technique used most often to treat diagnoses of labral tears or femoroacetabular impingement. The procedure is most commonly performed in young adults aged 20-39 years and has been found to be an effective intervention for getting athletes back to their sport. An important cons...