Michael J. Stuart, MD

KOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael J. Stuart, MD, emeritus professor and orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic Rochester, discussed the importance of meniscus preservation.

WAILEA, Hawaii — At Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Michael J. Stuart, MD, spoke about recommendations and techniques for meniscus allograft transplantation.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2022, Michael J. Stuart, MD, spoke about the importance of preserving the meniscus for the long-term health of the knee.

Meniscus posterior horn root tears with associated extrusion have generated considerable interest since their initial description by Pagnani and colleagues. In 2008, Allaire and colleagues demonstrated a medial meniscus posterior horn root avulsion is biomechanically equivalent to a complete meniscectomy due to the abnormally high peak tibiofemoral contact pressures.

Posterior cruciate ligament injuries usually occur in combination with other knee ligament trauma. In this setting, surgical treatment is preferred to stabilize the knee and enhance patient function. A wide variety of surgical techniques and graft options have been described; however, the optimal approach has not been clearly determined. Recently published studies on posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using transtibial vs. open tibial inlay as well as single vs. double bundle posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction techniques have not shown a significant difference in outcomes.