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Nowadays, a trend is evolving to perform reverse total shoulder arthroplasty in medium/ large cuff tears in elderly. I feel reverse shoulder arthroplasty should be reserved for failed rotator cuff...
07 March 2023 5,670 0 View
It is being observed that some surgeons prefer to do reverse shoulder replacement rather than attempting a rotator cuff repair in the elderly patients giving justification that the results of...
06 September 2021 2,925 5 View
Sometimes during the surgical procedure for TKR, one comes across hypertrophied synovium especially in suprapatellar pouch. I have only occasionally excised the synovium. Should it be excised as a...
27 July 2016 9,700 13 View
In a recent paper published in BMJ, the authors have condemned the arthroscipic surgery in degenerative knee reporting more harm than good even in patients around 40 years of age. I have been...
12 May 2016 1,485 7 View
Traditionally the patella fracture with intact extensor apparatus has been treated by cylinder cast, long knee immobilizer brace as well as percutaneous lag screw. But is there any evidence in...
03 May 2016 5,435 9 View
In the recent few years, there have been recommendations that the immobilization of ankle in ankle sprain can result in delayed fitness of the player for the sports. But traditionally, most of us...
25 April 2016 4,626 7 View
Recently AAOS recommended against any benefit provided by viscosupplementation. The insurance companies stopped supporting this treatment. After this, there was an editorial in the journal...
19 April 2016 1,974 16 View
I usually perform distalization of tibial tubercle as the first procedure to correct the patella alta. If need be, I add MPFL reconstruction as the second staged procedure. I never had to add...
28 June 2014 2,081 11 View
Some experts say that up to 7 mm full thickness of longitudnal tears, and any length of partial thickness for longitudnal tears reaching to only one surface (femoral or tibial) can be left...
15 May 2014 2,805 10 View
In one of my recent surgeries on an obese female, the extension and flexion gaps (after the releases) were just sufficient enough for the largest insert (17.5) I had available. I was wondering...
11 May 2014 4,585 14 View
We get neglected cases of OA knee with badly stretched LCL. Weight bearing Xrays show even medial subluxation of tibia with posteromedial bone loss on tibia. The options at surgery include use of...
13 April 2014 9,370 17 View
During the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, my hanstring graft (STG) has fell on the floor accidently twice. I did not have option of the allograft. I only had the options of either...
20 February 2014 1,774 13 View
The arthroscopic surgery of each joint is emerging as a separate sub specialty with an increase in the number of pathological conditions and the emerging technical procedures. At the same time...
15 February 2014 6,143 30 View
Incorporation of bone into the components of the non-cemented arthroplasty takes time, and it is difficult to know when the incorporation is sufficient enough to withstand full load.
13 February 2014 8,525 15 View
At many centers we give bilateral skeletal traction for unilateral disruptions.
06 February 2014 3,514 10 View
