SAN DIEGO — Mild to moderate preoperative patellar tendinopathy may not significantly ... However, Xiao said patients who underwent concomitant medial meniscus repair had an increased risk ...

Damage to the lumbar facet joints is commonly associated with this kind of chronic lower back pain. In fact, up to 45% of patients experiencing lower back pain also have issues with their lumbar ...

Simmons tore his patellar tendon while playing for Ohio State in October and told reporters in Indianapolis that he is “way ahead of schedule” in his recovery. That leaves him feeling good about his ...

One can appreciate the patella entry zone into the trochlea, which is readily identified between the proximal medial and lateral trochlea ridge ends. The center of this entry zone, we call the ...

Patellofemoral arthroplasty (PFA) is a partial replacement of the knee, involving the kneecap portion of the joint. This may be an option for a knee that has only worn out in one of the three areas of ...

may be associated with an increasing amount of patellar arthrosis at the lateral facet, central ridge, and, most significantly, medial facet. No previous study, to our knowledge, has described the ...