Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA

(ISSN: 0942-2056, 1433-7347)

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From Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA

2023 -

  • Substantial influence of psychological factors on return to sports after anterior shoulder instability surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Quadriceps tendon malalignment is an independent anatomical deformity which is the primary abnormality associated with lateral facet patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis. 
  • Satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective matched-pair analysis of patients with customised individually made and off-the-shelf implants. 
  • Correction: Constitutional and postoperative joint line obliquity can predict serial alignment change after opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy: analysis using coronal plane alignment of the knee classifcation. 
  • Arthroscopic Latarjet yields better union and prevention of instability compared to arthroscopic bony Bankart repair in shoulders with recurrent anterior instability: a systematic review. 
  • Constitutional alignment predicts medial ligament balancing in mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty for varus knees. 
  • Artificial intelligence-based analyses of varus leg alignment and after high tibial osteotomy show high accuracy and reproducibility. 
  • Psychosocial interventions seem redact kinesiophobia after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction but higher level of evidence is needed: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Single-incision bone bridge lateral meniscus allograft transplantation: preserving neurovascular safety with promising results for posterior horn distortion and graft maturation. 
  • Low central sensitisation inventory score is associated with better post-operative outcomes of osteotomy around the knee. 
  • PCL retained is safe in medial pivot TKA-a prospective randomized trial. 
  • Limited evidence in support of bone marrow aspirate concentrate as an additive to the bone marrow stimulation for osteochondral lesions of the talus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • The apex of the deep cartilage is a stable landmark to position the femoral tunnel during remnant-preserving anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Reconstruction of the interosseous talocalcaneal ligament using allograft for subtalar joint stabilization is effective. 
  • Avulsion fracture is associated with more pain after anatomic repair procedure for ATFL injury at the talar side. 
  • Increased risk of reoperation and failure to attain clinically relevant improvement following autologous chondrocyte implantation of the knee in female patients and individuals with previous surgeries: a time-to-event analysis based on the German cartilage registry (KnorpelRegister DGOU). 
  • Functional performance tests, clinical measurements, and patient-reported outcome measures do not correlate as outcomes 1 year after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • No difference in return to play rates between different elite sports after primary autograft ACL reconstruction. 
  • A hamstring autograft diameter ≤ 8 mm is a safe option for smaller, lighter and female athletes who want to return to pivoting sports after ACL reconstruction : Results from a retrospective evaluation of a local ACL register. 
  • Time required to achieve clinically significant outcomes after arthroscopic superior capsular reconstruction. 
  • Repair of medial meniscus posterior root tear is effective for root healing and cartilage regeneration in opening wedge high tibial osteotomy. 
  • Marrow stimulation procedures for high-grade cartilage lesions during surgical repair of medial meniscus root tear yielded suboptimal outcomes, whilst small lesions showed surgical eligibility. 
  • Graft failure within 2 years of isolated anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is associated with increased risk of secondary meniscus tears. 
  • Meniscal allograft transplantation improves patient-reported outcomes in both minimal and moderate knee osteoarthritis at 1 and 2 years postoperatively. 
  • Time to treat the tendon rupture induced by surgery: early hypertrophy of the patellar tendon graft site predicts strong quadriceps after ACLR with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. 
  • Higher incidence of patellar incongruence after under correction of pre-arthritic coronal alignment following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. 
  • Comparative analysis of discoid lateral meniscus size: a distinction between symptomatic and asymptomatic cases. 
  • The accessory heads of the quadriceps femoris muscle may affect the layering of the quadriceps tendon and potential graft harvest lengths. 
  • Applying additional autologous platelet-rich fibrin matrix or serial platelet-rich plasma to microfracture technique increases the quality of the repaired cartilage. 
  • Near complete quadriceps tendon healing 2 years following harvest in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Reference standards for stress radiography measurements in knee ligament injury and instability: a systematic review. 
  • Inconsistent repeatability of the Dejour classification of trochlear dysplasia due to the variability of imaging modalities: a systematic review. 
  • Orthobiologics as an adjunct in treatment of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: cell-based therapies facilitate improved postoperative outcomes in the setting of acetabular chondral lesions-a systematic review. 
  • Satisfactory patient-reported outcomes in patients treated with impaction bone grafting and autologous matrix-induced chondrogenesis for osteochondral knee defects. 
  • Correction to: Disruption of joint arthroplasty services in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online survey within the European Hip Society (EHS) and the European Knee Associates (EKA). 
  • Improving the reliability of measurements in orthopaedics and sports medicine. 
  • Satisfactory outcomes after one-stage revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using rectangular tunnel technique. 
  • Watching a movie or listening to music is effective in managing perioperative anxiety and pain: a randomised controlled trial. 
  • Remplissage reduced sense of apprehension and increased the rate of return to sports at preinjury level of elite overhead athletes with on-track anterior shoulder instability. 
  • Postoperative quadriceps weakness and male sex are risk factors for patellofemoral articular cartilage lesions after anatomical anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • The joint line convergence angle (JLCA) correlates with intra-articular arthritis. 
  • Long-lasting decreased pain threshold negatively affects functional recovery after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. 
  • Distal femoral torsion is correlated with higher-grade trochlear dysplasia and shorter anterior condyles in patients with patellar dislocation and increased femoral torsion. 
  • Constitutional and postoperative joint line obliquity can predict serial alignment change after opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy: analysis using coronal plane alignment of the knee classification. 
  • Contralateral hamstring autografts do not provide benefit compared to ipsilateral hamstring autografts in primary or revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review. 
  • Greater self-efficacy, psychological readiness and return to sport amongst paediatric patients compared with adolescents and young adults, 8 and 12 months after ACL reconstruction. 
  • Limited preoperative knee extension in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a hamstring tendon affects improvement of postoperative knee extensor strength. 
  • Effect of posteromedial vertical capsulotomy with medial collateral ligament liberation on intraoperative medial component gap mismatch between extension and mid-flexion during total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Return-to-performance in elite soccer players after Achilles tendon ruptures: a study using a weighted plus/minus metric and matched-control analysis. 
  • Functional positioning principles for image-based robotic-assisted TKA achieved a higher Forgotten Joint Score at 1 year compared to conventional TKA with restricted kinematic alignment. 
  • Lateral trochlear inclination measured by the transepicondylar axis holds potential for evaluating trochlear dysplasia in patients with lateral patellar dislocation. 
  • Higher success rate observed in reconstruction techniques of acute posterolateral corner knee injuries as compared to repair: an updated systematic review. 
  • Knees with anteromedial osteoarthritis show a substantial phenotypic variation prior and following medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. 
  • Arthroscopic all-inside ligament repair has similar or superior clinical outcomes compared to open repair for chronic ankle instability without concomitant intra-articular pathology at 5 years follow-up. 
  • Impact of hyaluronic acid injection on the knee joint friction. 
  • A spaced retraining schedule with 2-day interval improves the acquisition and retention of simulation-based basic arthroscopic skills. 
  • Differential elongation of the gastrocnemius after Achilles tendon rupture: a novel technique of selective shortening to treat push-off weakness with case series and literature review. 
  • Intra-operative laxity and balance impact 2-year pain outcomes in TKA: a prospective cohort study. 
  • There is no difference in the efficacy of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using autograft combined with or without ligament augmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Enhancing orthopaedic scientific communication: the launch of infographics in the KSSTA journal. 
  • Anterior cruciate ligament femoral footprint is oblong-ovate, triangular, or two-tears shaped in healthy young adults: three-dimensional MRI analysis. 
  • The use of deep learning enables high diagnostic accuracy in detecting syndesmotic instability on weight-bearing CT scanning. 
  • Excellent mid- to long-term survival of tantalum metal cones in a case series of revision knee arthroplasty with severe bony defects. 
  • Distribution of coronal plane alignment of the knee classification does not change as knee osteoarthritis progresses: a longitudinal study from the Toei study. 
  • The impact of surgical randomised controlled trials on the management of FAI syndrome: a citation analysis. 
  • Image-based robotic-arm assisted unicompartmental knee arthroplasty provides high survival and good-to-excellent clinical outcomes at minimum 10 years follow-up. 
  • Meniscectomy is associated with a higher rate of osteoarthritis compared to meniscal repair following acute tears: a meta-analysis. 
  • Robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty is associated with comparable functional outcomes but improved forgotten joint scores compared with conventional manual total knee arthroplasty at five-year follow-up. 
  • Quadriceps tendon autograft has similar clinical outcomes when compared to hamstring tendon and bone-patellar tendon-bone autografts for revision ACL reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Improved accuracy of implant placement with an imageless handheld robotic system compared to conventional instrumentation in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled trial using CT-based assessment of radiological outcomes. 
  • Better forgotten joint scores when the angle of the prosthetic trochlea is lateral to the quadriceps vector in kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Exercise-induced fatigue affects knee proprioceptive acuity and quadriceps neuromuscular function more in patients with ACL reconstruction or meniscus surgery than in healthy individuals. 
  • Changes in ankle and hip joints following medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy affect knee joint line obliquity. 
  • Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the KOOS, JR questionnaire for assessing knee osteoarthritis in Spanish-speaking patients. 
  • Fixed lateral unicompartmental knee replacement is a reliable treatment for lateral compartment osteoarthritis after mobile-bearing medial unicompartmental replacement. 
  • Cruciate-substituting and posterior-stabilised total knee arthroplasties had similar gait patterns in the short term. 
  • Five or more gender- and size-diverse customizations of distal femur prostheses are needed to improve fit for Chinese knees. 
  • Central sensitization negatively influences the level of disability in female patients with anterior knee pain. 
  • Condylar constrained and rotating hinged implants in revision knee arthroplasty show similar survivorship and clinical outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Assessment of learning in simulator-based arthroscopy training with the diagnostic arthroscopy skill score (DASS) and neurophysiological measures. 
  • Subchondral bone remodeling patterns in larger animal models of meniscal injuries inducing knee osteoarthritis - a systematic review. 
  • Setting the distal and posterior condyle of the femoral component to restore the medial pre-arthritic femoral articular surface results in better outcomes after total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Mesenchymal stem cell implantation provides short-term clinical improvement and satisfactory cartilage restoration in patients with knee osteoarthritis but the evidence is limited: a systematic review performed by the early-osteoarthritis group of ESSKA-European knee associates section. 
  • The V angle compliments radiographic assessment of acute acromioclavicular joint dislocations by differentiating between Rockwood types III versus V and by considering dynamic horizontal translation in coronal radiographs. 
  • Patients with bilateral patellar instability have multiple and symmetric risk factors in each knee. 
  • Revision total knee arthroplasty results in financial deficits within the Swiss healthcare system. 
  • Disease-modifying effects of orthobiologics in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: the lesson learned from preclinical research models. 
  • Editorial Expression of Concern: Feedback improves the scapular‑focused treatment effects in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome. 
  • Editorial Expression of Concern: Vertical ground reaction force and knee muscle activation asymmetries in patients with ACL reconstruction compared to healthy individuals. 
 
 

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