Anatomic physeal-sparing MPFL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients shows favourable outcomes at a minimum of 24-month follow-up.

Purpose: Recurrent patellar dislocation is a prevalent orthopaedic issue among active paediatric and adolescent populations. Bony surgical procedures are not recommended in growing patients; therefore, the focus of surgery is on restoring the medial patellar ligaments, with different reconstructive techniques available. This retrospective case series focuses on the 2-year outcomes of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction in skeletally immature patients with open physis.

Optimised fast-track protocols in total knee arthroplasty determine shorter hospitalisation time and lower perioperative/postoperative complications.

Purpose: This literature review aims to present evidence-based clinical recommendations for the eight most debated topics related to perioperative management in total knee arthroplasty: counselling, prehabilitation, transfusion risk, tranexamic acid, drainage, analgesia, urinary catheter and compression stockings.

Methods: A multidisciplinary team conducted a systematic review on these topics. The study followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines for the literature review and result presentation.

The meniscal extrusion index is a reliable indirect sign of different meniscal lesion patterns: a classification based on percentage of meniscal extrusion.

Purpose: This study's goal is to propose a straightforward classification system based on the MEI (Meniscal Extrusion Index), a measure of meniscal extrusion, that relates to various meniscal lesion patterns and has clinical and biomechanical significance. The study's secondary goal is to determine whether the standard 3 mm meniscal extrusion parameter still has value by correlating the MEI with it.

Methods: 1350 knee MRIs that were performed over the course of 2 years made up the study cohort.

A fast, easy and reliable method for hamstrings graft size prediction in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe and validate a simple and reliable method to pre-operatively predict the size of the ACL graft in the double strand technique with autologous semitendinosus-gracilis tendons on the same MRI used for ACL rupture diagnosis.

Methods: The study included 92 patients, with a median age of 31 years (IQR 26-41 years), 73/92 (79%) of whom were males. All patients that underwent an ACL reconstruction with doubled ST + GT between 2017 and 2022 were counted in the study.