Treatment of recurrent patellar instability with a modification of the Roux-Goldthwait technique.

Recurrent instability of the patella may be a significant disability in the childhood and adolescent population. Numerous surgical procedures to address this instability have been described, with variable outcome. This has led to considerable confusion in the literature as to how to treat patellofemoral problems in children.

Treatment of ankle instability in children and adolescents with a modified Chrisman-Snook repair: a clinical and patient-based outcome study.

Ligamentous injuries to the lateral ankle complex, although rare in the child with open physes, increase with age and are seen with considerable frequency in late childhood and adolescence. In athletic, ligamentously lax individuals, recurrent sprains may lead to ligament attenuation and instability. When instability becomes chronic and interferes with everyday activity, reconstruction is indicated.

Radiofrequency probe treatment for subfailure ligament injury: a biomechanical study of rabbit ACL.

Objective: Utilizing a rabbit anterior cruciate ligament model of ligamentous subfailure injury, biomechanical properties of injured ligament treated with radiofrequency energy were evaluated. It was hypothesized that an injured ligament treated with radiofrequency probe would demonstrate restoration of biomechanical properties lost through injury.

Background: Radiofrequency probe, thermal treatment has been utilized in the clinical setting to address joint instability caused by ligamentous laxity from injury or repetitive microtrauma.