Elbow Arthroscopy: The Basics
Elbow Arthroscopy: The Basics John E. Conway DEFINITION Elbow arthroscopy involves the use of an arthroscope to examine the interior of the elbow joint and provides the opportunity to perform…
Surgical Approaches to the Elbow
Surgical Approaches to the Elbow Luke S. Austin Joseph A. Abboud Matthew L. Ramsey Gerald R. Williams Jr. ELBOW APPROACHES The surgical exposures described for the elbow are divided into…
Anatomy and Surgical Approaches of the Forearm, Wrist, and Hand
Anatomy and Surgical Approaches of the Forearm, Wrist, and Hand Melissa A. Klausmeyer Asif M. Ilyas Chaitanya S. Mudgal DEFINITION Safe surgical dissection and exposure require an in-depth knowledge of…
Topographic and Arthroscopic Anatomy of The Ankle
Topographic and Arthroscopic Anatomy of The Ankle Sami Abdulmassih Fernando Pena Annunziato Amendola The first efforts at arthroscopic intervention, dating back to 1918, were made by Dr. K. Takagi at…
All-Inside Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
All-Inside Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Patrick A. Smith All-inside anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction refers to a specialized technique where blind sockets as opposed to full tunnels are made…
Subtalar Arthroscopy
Subtalar Arthroscopy John E. Femino CLINICAL EVALUATION History Patients with subtalar joint pain commonly complain of the lateral hindfoot or posterior ankle pain, since most pathologies involve the posterior facet….
Arthroscopic Subtalar Arthrodesis
Arthroscopic Subtalar Arthrodesis Phinit Phisitkul Tanawat Vaseenon Subtalar arthrodesis has been successfully used for the treatment of subtalar arthritis, subtalar instability, tibialis posterior tendon dysfunction, and talocalcaneal coalition. Advances in…
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in The Pediatric Patient
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in The Pediatric Patient Craig Finlayson Adam Nasreddine Mininder S. Kocher The knee is the most common site of injury in the skeletally immature athlete (1)….
Soft Tissue and Bony Impingement
Soft Tissue and Bony Impingement James Stone SOFT TISSUE ANKLE IMPINGEMENT Until 1950 the concept that abnormal soft tissue within the ankle joint could be responsible for pain and mechanical…
Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis
Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis Brad D. Blankenhorn Troy M. Gorman Florian Nickisch Timothy C. Beals Charles L. Saltzman Arthroscopic ankle arthrodesis was first developed in the mid 1980s, and the technique…
