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Repair of Torn Discoid Lateral Meniscus 1 Aug 2013 | 02:55 pm
Discoid Lateral Meniscus – How to Repair It A lateral meniscus is an important shock absorber for the lateral compartment of the knee joint. Whilst the medial compartment of the knee joint is largel...
Radial Head Replacement 30 Jul 2013 | 06:50 pm
Radial Head Fractures Radial head fractures are among the most common elbow fractures occurring in up to 20% of all elbow injuries. 30% have associated soft tissue or other bony injuries e..g. ulnar...
Robot Assisted Uni-compartmental Knee Replacement – Improving Consistency and Precision 12 Jul 2013 | 07:14 pm
Uni-Compartmental Knee Replacemen / Partial Knee Replacement A uni-compartmental knee replacement is an excellent option for a person who has knee pain from osteoarthritis (worn-out cartilage) involv...
Rectus Femoris Musculotendinous Junction Tear – Result of Surgical Repair 12 Jun 2013 | 07:24 pm
Rectus Femoris Tear A tear of the musculotendinous junction of the rectus femoris muscle is an uncommon injury. Most surgeons do not have much experience in treating this entity surgically. I had t...
Falling on the Outstretched Hand – A Case of Trans-Scaphoid Perilunate Dislocation 12 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm
Acute fracture-dislocations of the wrist bones are uncommon. These injuries can result in wrist pain and dysfunction as a result of progressive traumatic arthritis. Of all the wrist dislocations ,th...
Treatment of Golfer’s Elbow | Medial Epicondylitis 28 Jan 2013 | 05:50 pm
Golfer’s elbow refers to pain on the inner aspect (medial epicondyle) of the elbow. It is different from tennis’s elbow where the pain in on the outer aspect (lateral epicondyle) of the elbow. The pa...
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Compression Fractures of the Spine 24 Nov 2012 | 08:08 am
Osteoporosis is a silent disease. Most sufferers do not know they have osteoporosis until they sustain a fragility fracture. This usually occurs with a minor fall which should not result in a fracture...
Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain – Think of TFCC Tear 25 Sep 2012 | 07:26 pm
Wrist Arthroscopy for TFCC Tear (Ulnar-Sided Wrist Pain) What Is TFCC? Triangular Fibro Cartilage Complex Found in the wrist joint It is the ligamentous and cartilaginous structures that suspend the d...
An Arthroscopic (Key-hole) Treatment of Tennis Elbow 12 Sep 2012 | 07:33 pm
Tennis Elbow is a common cause of lateral sided elbow pain. Contrary to the given name, many sufferers of tennis elbow do not necessarily play tennis. The diagnosis is usually straight forward. The a...
Recurrent Ankle Sprains | Ankle Instability | Treatment of Ankle Sprains 6 Sep 2012 | 07:55 pm
Ankle Sprains Some interesting statistics about Ankle Sprains: •1/10,000 persons/day •23,000 ankle sprains in the U.S. each day •40-45% of sports injuries are ankle injuries •85% of ankle injuries ar...
