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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