Knee Arthroscopy

In the 1990s, with advancements in technology and greater patient demand, physicians began to shift from performing surgical procedures in a hospital or ASC to an office-based setting.

Results showed conversion to total knee arthroplasty or failure due to aseptic loosening were more than twice as likely to occur in patients who underwent knee arthroscopy within 2 years prior to unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

A previously healthy 11-year-old girl presented to the orthopedic clinic with a 6-month history of “popping” when she bends her right knee. This mechanical symptom worsened with time.

Study results showed an all-inside full-thickness quadriceps tendon technique for ACL reconstruction yielded good to excellent functional results with low complication rates and comorbidities in young, high-demand athletes.

A 54-year-old man with a history of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar 1 disorder and IV drug use presented to the ED with 2 weeks of slowly worsening right knee/leg pain and difficulty bearing weight.

Interleukin-1 inhibition with canakinumab may substantially reduce rates of total hip and knee replacement, as well as osteoarthritis symptoms, according to data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in adolescent patients with patella instability results in less instability and subsequent surgery compared with no reconstruction surgery, according to presented findings.

Most patients who underwent knee arthroscopy consumed no more than five opioid pills postoperatively, according to published results.

A 15-year-old boy with no significant past medical history arrives to clinic for evaluation of left knee pain and swelling after sustaining a non-contact injury 2 days earlier while playing baseball. The patient states he was running from third base to home and felt a sudden sharp pain and a pop in his left knee when his foot struck the plate. He reports that his knee became significantly swollen the night of the injury. He has been able to bear weight for the last 2 days. When asked to localize his pain, he points to the anteromedial and anterolateral aspects of the left knee. The pain has subsided in the last day; however, he still has some discomfort and rates his pain as a two out of 10. The patient describes having a subjective feeling of instability. He denies a history of other injuries or surgeries to the left knee. Review of systems was negative aside from that stated above.