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Techniques in Knee Surgery 3(1) 2-7, 2004 Brophy et al (full text)
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the latest thinking in portal placement of knee arthroscopy. The location and basic technique of knee arthroscopy portals are described, and the relevant literature is reviewed.

Blazina et al first used the term jumper's knee in 1973 to describe an insertional tendinopathy seen in skeletally mature athletes. Jumper's knee usually affects the attachment of the patellar tendon to the inferior patellar pole. The definition was subsequently widened to include tendinopathy of the attachment of the quadriceps...

Madigan Army Medical Center Clinical Standards Clinical Standard for the Use of MRI & Arthroscopy of the Knee

Plica syndrome of the knee is a constellation of signs and symptoms that occur secondary to injury or overuse. An otherwise normal structure, a plica can be a significant source of anterior knee pain. Once an inflammatory process is established, the normal plical tissue may hypertrophy into a truly pathological...

Soft tissue injuries of the knee are some of the most common and clinically challenging musculoskeletal disorders in patients presenting to the ED. Therefore, establishing clear-cut diagnostic and therapeutic objectives for these injuries is important. Knee pain and related symptoms may derive from damage to 1 or more of the soft...

The floating knee: epidemiology, prognostic indicators & outcome following surgical management Ulfin Rethnam , Rajam S Yesupalan and Rajagopalan Nair
Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes 2007, 1:2
onclusion The associated injuries and the type of fracture (open, intra-articular, comminution) are prognostic indicators in the Floating knee. Appropriate management of the associated...

Madigan Army Medical Center Referral Guidelines Diagnosis/Definition Knee pain, instability or loss of motion related to a specific traumatic event.