Proprioception After Multiligament Knee Injury: Does Ligament Repair Lead to Better Proprioceptive Acuity Than Ligament Reconstruction?

Introduction Multiligament knee injuries are uncommon but serious injuries. There is ongoing debate on the optimal treatment of these injuries. We designed a study to establish the effects of repair or reconstruction on proprioceptive outcomes following multiligament injury to the knee.

Nontraumatic fracture of the femoral condylar prosthesis in a total knee arthroplasty leading to mechanical failure.

This paper reports a case of fatigue fracture of the femoral component in a cruciate-retaining cemented total knee arthroplasty (TKA). A 64-year-old man had undergone a primary TKA for osteoarthritis 10 years previously at another institution using the PFC-Sigma prosthesis. The patient recovered fully and was back to his regular activities.

Revision of failed unicompartmental knee replacement to total knee replacement.

Recent reports suggest good outcome results following unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR). However, a number of authors have commented on the problem of osseous defects requiring technically difficult revision surgery. We reviewed clinical outcomes following revision total knee replacement (TKR) for failed UKR and analysed the reasons for failure and the technical aspects of the revision surgery.

The uncemented Bi-Contact total hip arthroplasty.

We reviewed a consecutive series of 153 uncemented Bi-Contact (Aesculap, Tuttlingen, Germany) total hip arthroplasties (THAs) in 138 patients who had been followed for at least 5 years (mean, 6.8 years; range, 5-9 years). The Bi-Contact uncemented THA consists of a straight femoral stem made of titanium alloy.

High tibial osteotomy in knee instability: the rationale of treatment and early results.

We treated 14 patients having knee instability and varus alignment with tibial osteotomy with or without ligament reconstruction. Five patients with varus angulated anterior cruciate deficiency (double varus) were treated with single-stage closed-wedge tibial osteotomy and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The remaining nine patients had varying amount of posterior cruciate and postero-lateral corner ligament injuries with varus angulation (triple varus); six of these patients had a ligament reconstruction using the Ligament Advanced Reconstruction System ligament with tibial osteotomy (intra-articular--posterior cruciate ligament/extra-articular--postero-lateral corner reconstruction), while the remaining three had a tibial osteotomy without a ligament reconstruction.