Fuctional outcome after open and arthroscopic bankart repair for traumatic shoulder instability.

Purpose: Both open and arthroscopic Bankart repair are established procedures in the treatment of anterior shoulder instability. While the open procedure is still considered as the "golden standard" functional outcome is supposed to be better in the arthroscopic procedure. The aim of this retrospective study was to compare the functional outcome between open and arthroscopic Bankart repair.

[Results for endoprosthetic care in patients younger than 50 years].

Arthroplasty has become the most successful surgical procedure in developed countries. Replacement of severely damaged joints results in a substantial relief of pain, as the main symptom of osteoarthritis, in the majority of treated patients. With improved results in endoprosthetic surgery over the last decades, however, patients are increasingly undergoing the procedure to enhance their functional capacity and physical mobility.

[Anterior knee pain in children and adolescents. Diagnosis and conservative treatment].

Anterior knee pain is a common problem in childhood and adolescence with a prevalence of 4-30% in regional surveys. Although different etiologic theories are discussed in a large number of published studies, most cases are probably attributed to lower extremity malalignment, muscular imbalance, or physical overactivity (or even a combination of all three). Thorough clinical investigation should result in a definition of relevant static or functional problems as underlying causes of the disease.