Knee Arthroscopy

A 7-year-old girl with asymmetric dystonic diplegic cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus with ventriculoperitoneal shunt and Williams syndrome had progressive left patellar instability. She had a gross motor function classification system level 1.

At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, VirtaMed debuted enhanced simulation training modules for arthroscopic knee surgeries with two skin tones, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Kirk A. Campbell, MD, FAAOS, discussed patient satisfaction with care using telehealth vs. in-person office-based visits for follow-up care after arthroscopic meniscus surgery.

At 20 years, patients who underwent arthroscopic meniscectomy for degenerative meniscus tears were converted to total knee replacement at a 15.7% rate, according to published results.

On a daily basis, surgeons are faced with different options for wound closure. Traditionally, surgical incision closure involved sutures or metal staples.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Matthew T. Provencher, MD, discussed emerging themes in knee arthroscopy in this video from Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2021.

Medial meniscus pathology and ACL tears were among the most common reasons patients needed surgery after ACL reconstruction, according to presented study results.

Published results showed a strong association between patient-reported knee symptoms and the burden and severity of underlying cartilage damage rather than with specific meniscal pathology.

A 71-year-old woman sustained a fall onto her anterior left knee. Following this, she reports having 10 months of subjective instability during activities of daily living before seeking orthopedic evaluation.

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