Patient-reported outcome after patient-specific unicondylar knee arthroplasty for unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Unicondylar knee arthroplasty was introduced in the late 1960s and remains a topic of controversial discussion. Patient-specific instruments and patient-specific implants are not yet the standard of care. The question remains whether this time-consuming and costly technique can be beneficial for the patient.

Power Doppler findings in plantar fasciitis.

The study was performed to characterize the power Doppler ultrasonographic (PDU) findings in plantar fasciitis using a 7.5 MHz linear transducer. Both feet of 20 patients who had a clinical and ultrasound (US) diagnosis of unilateral plantar fasciitis were evaluated with PDU.

Total knee arthroplasty in combination with a one-stage tibial osteotomy: a technique for correction of a gonarthrosis with a severe (>15 degrees) tibial extra-articular deformity.

Patients with a gonarthrosis and an extra-articular axis deformity >/=15 degrees (Krackow type VI) were treated by an unconstrained total knee arthroplasty combined with a tibial osteotomy. This technique was applied to 10 patients with a Krackow type VI deformity. The knee score improved significantly (P<.