Soft Tissue Knee Injuries eMedicine Emergency

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...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Leg Injuries: Knee Injuries 

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Knee Society Scoring And Outcomes Resources

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The Knee Society rating system was first promulgated during the late 1980's and has become the standard clinical evaluation system for reporting results for patients undergoing Total Knee Replacement. Most major journals strongly encourage that total knee manuscripts include Knee Society rating scores as part of the result section.
The...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty 

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Knee joint Menu Wheeless

Physical Exam Radiographs ACL Anteromedial Instability Anterolateral Rotatory Instability Arcuate Ligament Complex Arthrofibrosis Arthroscopy of the Knee Arthrodesis Articular Cartilage Baker's Cyst Bipartite Patella Blood Supply Blount's Disease Bursitis Capsule Chondral Injuries of the Knee Chondromalacia Diff Dx Discoid Meniscus Dislocations of the Knee Extensor Mechanism Injuries of the Knee Flexion Contracture Genu Varum Hemarthrosis High Tibial Osteotomy Intercondylar Eminence Fracture Jumper's Knee Kinematics of the Knee Joint Lachman Exam Lateral Anatomy Lateral Collateral Ligament Lateral Retinacular Release Ligaments of Humphrey and Wrisberg Medial...

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- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Knee Pain 

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Total Knee Arthroplasty eMedicine Orthopedics

Total knee replacement in some form has been practiced for over 50 years. The complexities of the knee joint only began to be understood 30 years ago. Because of this, total knee replacement initially was not as successful as Sir John Charnley's artificial hip. However, over the last 20 years,...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty 

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Cystic Lesions about the Knee eMedicine Orthopedics

Cysts can occur in many shapes and forms around the knee. A cyst is defined as a closed cavity, or sac, that is lined with epithelium. It can contain liquid or semisolid material, can be normal or abnormal, and can occur in soft tissue or in bone. Benign or malignant...

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- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Bursitis 
- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Synovial Cysts 

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The discordance between clinical and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: a systematic search and summary of the literature.

Our objectives were to identify estimates of the prevalence of radiographic knee OA in adults with knee pain and of knee pain in adults with radiographic knee OA, and determine if the definitions of x ray osteoarthritis and symptoms, and variation in demographic factors influence these estimates.
CONCLUSION: Knee pain is...

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- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Arthralgia 

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Physical Examination of the Knee and Leg Orthopaedia

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Anterior drawer test of the knee
Knee effusion test
Knee extension assessment
Knee flexion assessment
Lachman test of the knee
Pivot shift test of the knee
Posterior drawer test of the knee
Quadriceps active test
Valgus stress test of the knee
Varus stress test of the knee

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- OCOSH Classification: Clinical Examination 

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Knee Arthrodesis in the Treatment of Failed Total Knee Replacement Medscape

The recommended methods of achieving fixation for a knee arthrodesis following a failed knee replacement include external fixation or internal fixation using an intramedullary nail or plate. This is a retrospective review of 26 patients that had failed total knee replacements treated by knee arthrodesis occurring at a single institution...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthrodesis: Knee Fusion 

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Posterior Cruciate Ligament Pathology eMedicine Orthopedics

The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) of the knee has been the subject of many debates. The role of the PCL has become a topic of interest across the subspecialties of trauma, sports medicine, and knee arthroplasty. What, if any, treatment is required for a PCL-deficient knee is still a widely...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Leg Injuries: Knee Injuries: Knee Ligament Injuries: PCL Tears 

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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty eMedicine Orthopedics

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty has had varying degrees of acceptance since its introduction approximately 30 years ago. Frequent and early failures were cited in initial studies. By the late 1990s, however, unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for the treatment of localized knee arthritis was becoming more common, and early outcome reports were favorable....

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty 

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Knee Osteotomy

Definition Knee osteotomy is surgery that removes a part of the bone of the joint of either the bottom of the femur (upper leg bone) or the top of the tibia (lower leg bone) to increase the stability of the knee. Osteotomy redistributes the weight-bearing force on the knee by cutting... Expert

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- Patient Information: Knee: Osteoarthritis: Osteotomy 

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Medial Compartment Arthritis eMedicine Orthopedics

Optimal surgical management of the unicompartmental osteoarthritic knee has eluded the orthopedist for decades. McKeever is credited with recognizing that arthritis of the knee could be unicompartmental in nature. Treatment options for medial compartment arthritis have varied extensively, including valgus unloading braces; opening or closing wedge osteotomies of the proximal...

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- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Arthritis: Osteoarthritis: Knee Osteoarthritis 

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Knee Clinic

The Knee Clinic is a partnership of specialist knee surgeons and associated disciplines. The conditions treated range across the whole spectrum of knee ailments: from sports knee injuries to knee arthritis, from arthroscopy (keyhole surgery) and ligament reconstruction to knee replacement. Knee clinic offers a full complement of modern treatments....

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- Surgeons and Clinics: India 

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Knee Arthrodesis after Failed Knee Replacement - MEDLINE Abstracts

What's new concerning the use of knee arthrodesis after failed knee replacement? Find out in this easy-to-navigate collection of recent MEDLINE abstracts compiled by the editors at Medscape Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine. Abstracts include -
Arthrodesis of the Knee with a Modular Titanium Intramedullary Nail
Arthrodesis Following Revision of a Knee Endoprosthesis....

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthrodesis: Knee Fusion 

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Patient-Specific Bicompartmental Knee Resurfacing Implant

OR-Live will broadcast a live surgery from Brigham and Women's Hospital utilizing a novel, personalized knee implant. The new prosthetic, the ConforMIS iDuo, is a bicompartmental resurfacing implant designed for patients whose arthritic damage is limited to either the medial or lateral compartments of the knee, in addition to the patellofemoral compartment. The implant resurfaces...

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- Multimedia Presentations: Knee 

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Knee Surgery

Knee Surgery The knee is, if anything, mechanically a more complex joint than the hip. Whilst serious hip problems are relatively rare in the younger, more active patient; knee trouble of one form or other can present at any age. Sporting injuries of varying severity are very common!... Expert

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- Patient Information: Knee: General 

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Acute Knee Effusions - A Systematic Approach to Diagnosis

Knee effusions may be the result of trauma, overuse or systemic disease. An understanding of knee pathoanatomy is an invaluable part of making the correct diagnosis and formulating a treatment plan. Taking a thorough medical history is the key component of the evaluation. The most common traumatic causes of knee...

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- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Haemarthrosis 
- OCOSH Classification: Joint Diseases: Hydrarthosis 

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Saumya Orthocare- Center for reconstructive and Replacement Surgeries of Knee Joint AhmedabadIndia

Knee Clinic for Knee Pain; Knee Arthroscopy; Management of Cartilage Defects of Knee Joint, Meniscus & Ligaments Injuries of Knee; Knee Replacment, ie TKR

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- Surgeons and Clinics: India 

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Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury

Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury: clinical and biomechanical approaches
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common in knee joint accounting for 40% of sports injury. ACL injury leads to knee instability, therefore, understanding knee stability assessments would be useful for diagnosis of ACL injury, comparison between operation treatments...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Leg Injuries: Knee Injuries: Knee Ligament Injuries: ACL Tears 

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Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury

Knee stability assessment on anterior cruciate ligament injury: clinical and biomechanical approaches
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common in knee joint accounting for 40% of sports injury. ACL injury leads to knee instability, therefore, understanding knee stability assessments would be useful for diagnosis of ACL injury, comparison between operation treatments...

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Leg Injuries: Knee Injuries: Knee Ligament Injuries: ACL Tears 

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Lower Extremity Reconstruction - Knee eMedicine Plastics

Soft tissue defects of the knee that require reconstructive surgery occur after trauma or following a surgical procedure. A common procedure that may require reconstructive surgery to achieve adequate soft tissue coverage of the knee is total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Wound breakdown with exposure of the prosthesis is rare and...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Skin Coverage 

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LCS Complete Knee Replacement System

In a live Internet webcast on A unique first hand surgical insight into the new high flexion primary knee & revison knee system
December 6, 2007, Lawrence S. Crossett, M.D., will perform two knee replacement surgeries using the LCS® Complete™ from DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. This broadcast will take place at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Shady Side...

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- Multimedia Presentations: Knee 

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Circular External Fixation in Knee Arthrodesis Following Septic Trauma Sequelae

Deep infection is one of the most devastating complications after knee fractures. It may be related to the initial fracture status or, more commonly, the surgical intervention. From 1991 to 2003, 12 patients underwent knee fusion to treat resistant infection after complex knee fractures or arthrodesis fractures using the Ilizarov...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthrodesis: Knee Fusion 

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Complications of Knee Arthroplasty eMedicine Orthopedics

Total knee replacement has become an acceptable method of treating severe arthritis of the knee. The operative procedure must be performed with precise skill and accuracy. Meticulous alignment of the prosthetic components can reduce many of the complications.
Fine attention to general operating technique with adroit handling of tissues and efficient...

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- OCOSH Classification: Orthopaedic Procedures: Arthroplasty: Replacement Arthroplasty: Knee Replacement Arthroplasty 

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Knee dislocation Orthopaedia

Knee dislocations are an uncommon injury, but one that cannot be missed. Any knee exam that reveals injuries to multiple ligaments (e.g. ACL/PCL) should raise the suspicion of a knee dislocation. A significant number of knee dislocations spontaneously reduce, but the true incidence of that phenomenon is unknown....

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- OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Dislocations: Knee Dislocations 

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