Purpose: The goal of this prospective study was to evaluate the results of arthroscopic meniscal repair using the FasT-Fix repair system.
Type Of Study: Prospective case series.
Methods: Sixty-one meniscal repairs with the FasT-Fix meniscal repair system in 58 patients with a mean age of 32.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
May 2005
The results of a new method for arthroscopic all-inside meniscus repair using a biodegradable cannulated screw (Clearfix meniscal screw) were assessed in a medium-term follow-up prospective study. The Clearfix meniscal screw system consists of delivery cannulae, screw driver, and screw implants. After tear debridement, a screw is located on the driver and passed through the cannula to the insertion site, holding the two sides of the tear together under linear compression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA patient with a unique combination of ipsilateral midradial shaft (AO/OTA 22-A2), radial head (21-A2), and medial epicondyle (13-A1) fractures, without a recorded elbow dislocation or distal radioulnar joint disruption, is presented. The injury was treated surgically with a dorsal approach to the forearm and a lateral approach to the elbow through a single dorsolateral skin incision. The radial shaft fracture was stabilized using a 3.
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