The role of patellar tendon morphometry on anterior knee pain.

Purpose: To investigate the morphometry of patellar tendon with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to reveal the relation between patellar tendon properties and anterior knee pain (AnKP).

Methods: Twenty-three patients with AnKP and nine healthy individuals were included in the study. Patients with knee anomaly that may cause AnKP were excluded from the study.

[Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in major orthopaedic surgery: A multicenter, prospective, observational study].

Objectives: We investigated risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), prophylaxis measures employed, and incidence of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery (MOS).

Methods: An open, multicenter, prospective, observational study was conducted in 21 medical centers, comprising 899 patients. Of these, 316 patients (35.

[Cartilage defects of the knee joint: evaluation, classification, and natural course].

Cartilage defects of the knee joint may be either isolated or in conjunction with various disorders of the knee. There are no clinical complaints and physical findings specific for joint defects. In addition, except for some magnetic resonance imaging techniques, there are no specific imaging methods for diagnosis.

An unusual rotational injury: Pantibial ligamentous injury.

Pantibial ligamentous injury including knee dislocation and tibiotalar joint subluxation is an uncommon severe rotational injury. A 21-year-old male injured his right knee falling from a motorcycle. Physical examination revealed effusion on the right knee and ankle, and posterior translation of the tibia as well.

[Assessment of quality of life of patients after hemiarthroplasty for proximal femoral fractures].

Objectives: The quality of life of patients was assessed with the SF-36 Health Survey following hemiarthroplasty for hip fractures.

Methods: Forty patients were divided into two groups according to the type of hip fracture. Group 1 included femoral neck fractures (24 patients; 21 women, 3 men; mean age 76 years; range 64 to 94 years) treated with straight stem prostheses.

[Clinical results of lateral closing wedge high tibial osteotomy for osteoarthritis of the knee (Oblique osteotomy with tension band fixation)].

Objectives: We evaluated the preliminary results of oblique and lateral closing-wedge high tibial osteotomy for medial compartment osteoarthritis of the knee.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients (29 women, 10 men; mean age 53 years; range 34 to 64 years) underwent oblique and lateral closing-wedge high tibial osteotomy followed by tension band plate fixation. According to the Ahlback system, seven patients had grade II, 27 patients had grade III, and five patients had grade IV osteoarthritis.

The incidence and location of corona mortis: a study on 75 cadavers.

We dissected 150 fresh cadaver halves by ilioinguinal exposure, and counted all vessels more than 2 mm in diameter, connecting the obturator system to the external iliac system. The distance between the symphysis pubis and the anastomotic vessels was measured. We found vascular anastomoses between the obturator and external iliac systems in 91 of 150 sides (61%), and anastomotic veins in 78 of 150 exposures (52%).