Thursday, 29 May 2025

6 MONTH OLD ACL/PCL AND OPEN MCL INJURY IN A 28 YEAR

ALLEGED RTA WITH THE ABOVE INJURY ONLY THE OPEN MCL WAS REPAIRED IN THIS YOUNG PERSON WHO PRESENTED WITH A STIFF KNEE ROM 0 TO 30. COMPLETE ACL, MCL GRADE 3 ABD PCL GRADE 3. THE MCL COULD HAVE FAILED AS THE PCL WS NOT RECONSTRUCTED.

Keinbocks disease (Begg and Bains grade 1). lunate chondral damage by intact radio-lunate fossa

OPTION S OF LIMITED FUSION VS PRC DISCUSSED. IN VIEW OF LT HAND AND BEING A CASHIER PRC WAS OPTED FOR BY THE PATIENT,. 5 MONTHS POST OP not happy with the result inspite of good rom and improved grip from preop.

Saturday, 14 December 2024

8 months old patellar tendon avulsion . Use of neoligament to by pass quads to tibia to obtain active extension

The patella could be mobilised only by 1. 6 cm. use of synthetic mesh helped in immediate mobilisation effecting a Quads to tibia bypass.

Saturday, 9 November 2024

ACL reconstruction 5 years failure

Anterio-superior femoral tunnel leading to failure. Tibial tunnel was 18 mm so 2 stage revision with 1st stage grafting
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20 years post acetabular fracture

Only interfering screws were removed. Intraop frozen sections and cultures were negative. Global and acetabular offset increased by 5 mm. Will this help in abductor efficiency or lurch/ pain time will tell. Usually they take an year to be happy if offset is increased

Friday, 8 November 2024

Recurrant dislocation of Rt THR in a 55 year old lady- one year post thr for secondary osteoarthritis due to AVN

the poly (Bubble) is sen on the lateral aspect of the ilium as a ring. Even a dual mobility cannot salvage this vertical cup
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Essentially revised the cup and COC bearing used The stem taper was protected with a plastic cap made from the cut suction tube

Saturday, 2 November 2024

ACL repair with MCL proximal repair at 3 weeks post injury both acl and mcl looks near noraml at 14 months

Acute repair of ACL and MCl is the way to go today to get the best results.Clinically and radiologically knee looks normal. Both scopic and MRI visually looks more like normal acl unlike a reconstruction. The recent data on clearing the the knee haematoma to reduce the inflammatory metabolites might decrease the long term incidence of osteoarthritis
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Monday, 23 September 2024

Elbow instability of one year duration in a rt handed nurse.

pivot shift was painful. lift off from chair was painful. mri and xray revealed a non union conoid and ? mcUCL thickening. EUA and scopy revealed a conoid fracture as the cause. Arthroscope assisted freshening of fracture surface and fixation cured the instabilty

SIF/ SPONK 6 month post partial menisetomy

The risk of menisectomy is not just wear. the effects of SPONK over time is variable depending on the sixe and location

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Dynamic mri in PF instability caused by increased femoral anteversion

17 yrs post bil one stage Ceramic on ceramic THR

28 mm Alumina head and liner with no issues to date. SROM stem was used then to cover for any ceramic fracture and taper damage and in case for easier revision.