What is the optimal surgical intervention for patients with frozen shoulder and a concomitant partial-thickness rotator cuff tear?

Background: Patients with recalcitrant frozen shoulder traditionally undergo arthroscopic capsular release. Some patients may have a concomitant partial-thickness rotator cuff tear (PTT). There is limited evidence if these PTT require repair at the same setting.

Arthroscopic procedures could delay the need for a subsequent knee arthroplasty in older patients with end-stage osteoarthritis.

Background/objective: Arthroscopic surgery in knee osteoarthritis is controversial with many studies refuting its efficacy in recent literature. This study aims to evaluate the mean duration to knee arthroplasty, and the effect of microfracture on the need for subsequent knee arthroplasty in patients above the age of 55 undergoing arthroscopic procedures for osteoarthritis.

Methods: One hundred and nine consecutive patients with diagnosed osteoarthritis who underwent arthroscopic surgery performed from January 2000 to December 2012 on patients aged 55 years and above by a single surgeon were reviewed retrospectively.

Risk factors of lateral epicondylitis: A meta-analysis.

Introduction: Lateral Epicondylitis is commonly associated with numerous anatomical and mechanical risk factors. Thus far, there have been no reviews synthesising the risk factors of lateral epicondylitis. We hence aimed to perform a meta-analysis of factors associated with lateral epicondylitis.

Cartilage Delamination Flap Mimicking a Torn Medial Meniscus.

We report a case of a chondral delamination lesion due to medial parapatellar plica friction syndrome involving the medial femoral condyle. This mimicked a torn medial meniscus in clinical and radiological presentation. Arthroscopy revealed a chondral delamination flap, which was debrided.

Outcome following total knee arthroplasty in obese versus non-obese Asian patients.

Purpose: To compare the outcome following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in obese and non-obese Asian patients.

Methods: 27 obese patients were compared with 27 non-obese controls matched for age, gender, diagnosis (osteoarthritis), prosthesis, preoperative Knee Society knee and function scores, preoperative Oxford Knee Score, and follow-up duration. All TKAs were performed by a single surgeon.

Radiographic grading of the patellofemoral joint is more accurate in skyline compared to lateral views.

Background: The patellofemoral joint is perhaps the most commonly involved compartment in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Radiographic studies are routinely ordered and are seen as the first-line investigations for patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA). The Kellgren-Lawrence (K&L) grading scale is often used to quantify the severity of radiographic OA.

Outcomes are favorable after arthroscopic treatment of osteochondritis dissecans of the talus.

Arthroscopic treatment of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the talus has resulted in outcomes as good as, or better than, those after arthrotomy. We noted a lack of prospective studies investigating the outcomes of arthroscopic treatment. As such, we conducted a prospective study investigating the functional outcomes, pain scores, patient satisfaction, and expectation scores of patients undergoing arthroscopic treatment of OCD of the talus, hypothesizing that these patients would have good outcomes and satisfaction.

Correlation between radiographic and arthroscopic findings in Asian osteoarthritic knees.

Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between radiographic and arthroscopic findings for severity of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in 119 Asians.

Methods: Medical records of 52 men and 67 women aged 33 to 70 (mean, 51) years who had complaints of chronic mechanical knee pain for >3 months and were arthroscopically diagnosed with articular cartilage degeneration of the knee were reviewed. The severity of knee OA was classified using the Kellgren-Lawrence (K&L) scale and the modified Outerbridge classification.