Meniscal scaffold for the treatment of partial meniscal defect-clinical and radiological outcomes in a two-year follow-up.

Purpose: The aim of meniscal scaffolds is to fill the defect, allow regeneration of meniscal-like tissues, and to prevent long-term risk of cartilage wear and tear. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical results after two years and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results a year after implantation of a meniscal scaffold.

Methods: Fifteen patients were recruited into a prospective, single-arm, single-center study, and treated with meniscal scaffolds as a result of segmental meniscal defect due to previous partial meniscectomy.

Ischiofemoral Impingement in Children: Imaging With Clinical Correlation.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to correlate the MRI finding of quadratus femoris edema in children with established measures of ischiofemoral impingement in adults and to determine their clinical significance.

Materials And Methods: A case-control retrospective review was performed of MR images of 12 hips of nine children (mean age, 10 years) that showed abnormal signal intensity in the quadratus femoris muscle. The findings were compared with those for 13 hips in 13 control subjects (mean age, 9.

Do blood growth factors offer additional benefit in refractory lateral epicondylitis? A prospective, randomized pilot trial of dry needling as a stand-alone procedure versus dry needling and autologous conditioned plasma.

Objective: To evaluate whether autologous conditioned plasma offers any therapeutic advantage over ultrasound-guided dry needling as a stand-alone procedure in the treatment of refractory lateral epicondylitis.

Materials And Methods: Prospective, randomized pilot study of 28 patients (11 men, 17 women, mean age, 49.1  years) with refractory lateral epicondylitis (mean symptom duration, 19.