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The Arthroscopic Revo Knot tying technique
Archive copy last posted 2006

The Sliding Knot -- Eugene M. Wolf, M.D. Illustrations of the arthroscopic knot tying technique
Archive copy last posted 2006

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.

Current indications for hip arthroscopy include management of labral tears, osteoplasty for femoroacetabular impingement, thermal capsulorrhaphy and capsular plication for subtle rotational instability and capsular laxity, lateral impact injury and chondral lesions, osteochondritis dissecans, ligamentum teres injuries, internal and external snapping hip, removal of loose bodies, synovial biopsy, subtotal synovectomy,...

We describe a simple and useful technique for removal of loose bodies during arthroscopy.
We use standard antero-lateral, antero-medial and supero-lateral arthroscopic portals. The technique is applicable to both pump-assisted and gravity-assisted irrigation. The key to this new technique is reversing the direction of irrigation flow.
The commonest direction of flow is...

Can J Surg, Vol. 50, No. 5, October 2007
Peter J.M. Ceponis, PhD;*†‡Denise Chan, MBT;†‡Richard S. Boorman, MD;†‡Carol Hutchison, MD;‡ Nicholas G.H. Mohtadi, MD†‡
Conclusion: This pilot trial suggests that a composite teaching curriculum is at least as effective as a cadaver-based environment for teaching orthopedic surgery residents fundamental knowledge of...

Advances in arthroscopy during the last 30 years have specified new indications for elbow arthroscopy. Burman originally stated that the elbow was “unsuitable� for arthroscopic examination, but later retracted the statement when he was able to visualize the anterior compartment in a cadaveric study. In the 1970s, advances in arthroscopic equipment,...

Surgical visualization by means of arthroscopy has revolutionized orthopedics by allowing direct treatment of intra-articular pathology. Wrist arthroscopy evolved from the successful application of arthroscopy in larger joints. The wrist is a complex joint that continues to challenge clinicians. This joint consists of 8 carpal bones, multiple articular surfaces with extrinsic...

Vinod K Panchbhavi, MD, FRCS, FACS 2008
Arthroscopy is an important diagnostic and therapeutic technique for management of disorders of the ankle joint. The availability of fiberoptic arthroscopes, modern arthroscopic instrumentation, and ankle distraction techniques has allowed orthopedic surgeons to manage a variety of ankle disorders arthroscopically. Surgical procedures of the...

It is the aim of this study to demonstrate which disorders of the hip joint can and should be treated by hip arthroscopy. METHOD: The technique and results of hip arthroscopy in different indications are evaluated and presented by means of a selective analysis of the literature, together with the...

You will remember that so far I have taken you through the routine of starting with the arthroscope in the anterolateral portal (AL) and examining the medial side (as in the photo), then swapping it over to the anteromedial portal (AM) and examining the lateral side (link). From these two...

I read with interest the article by Banerjee et al.1 entitled “Glenoid Rim Fracture in Contact Athletes With Absorbable Suture Anchor Reconstruction� in the May 2009 issue of Arthroscopy. They very eloquently describe 3 patients who sustained a glenoid rim fracture caused by cysts that had developed around absorbable implants....

Arthroscopic IT Band Release & Synovectomy (Trochanteric Bursectomy)
10 min video by: Champ L . Baker Jr

15 min video illustrating - Arthroscopic Reverse Bony Bankart Repair for Posterior Glenohumeral Instability By: James P Bradley

Video:Peri-Articular Hip Space: Visualization and Repair By: Bryan T. Kelly
Arthroscopic procedures in the hip region but outside the hip joint