Joint Preservation and Replacement

A collection of complex joint preservation and replacement case studies and random thoughts of a orthopedic surgeon essentially aimed at knowledge dissemination.

Saturday, 19 October 2013

posterior capsulotomy in FFD correction in TKR

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Is Posteriors capsulotomy for  FFD correction in total knee replacement ever needed.  Although literature supports such a technique, I fee...

Anterior column deficiency caused by a loose acetabular cup

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 The above  images were sent to me for advise Comments There Is superiomedial  migration of the cup compromising the anterior...
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Monday, 14 October 2013

Mesenchymal stem cells in cartilage injuries

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The buzz in cartilage  injuries today rests on mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow. adipose tissue, synovium and even the omnipresent  ...
Saturday, 3 August 2013

Painful left wrist in a rt handed doctor

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  From the above  xrays  the patient has  a grade 3A Litchman lunatomalacia.  AP shows a flexed scaphoid ( ring sign) with th...
Sunday, 14 July 2013

Dislocated bipolar in an octegenarian household ambulator

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The decision to do a bipolar is probably correct. the postoperative dislocation and repeated instabilty was surprising. May be a touch of...
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Saturday, 13 July 2013

Oops! post acl recon

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The patient feels that his knee is not right. He has a 3 degree ffd, full flexion
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Femoral component loosening in a ha coated stem in one year

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The questions asked were whether revise only the stem and secondly uncemented or cemented revision My opinion is as follows The femo...
Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Patella in femur

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This xray shown to me by ny colleague is again a pattern I have never seen before. the quads was torn and the distally rotated patella ...
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Friday, 28 June 2013

Is this divergent hip dislocation

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This radiograph was shared with me  by a colleague. Rt anterior dislocation and Lt posterior fracture dislocation in an RTA.  I have never...

4 yr old painful bipolar arthroplasty in a financially challenged patient referred for opinion

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Problems.  Need a lateral X-ray of the distal stem to see the curvature as well quantify the erosion I Do not have the patients ag...
Friday, 14 June 2013

supracondylar nonunion in 62 year old RA patient

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This case was  refered for opinion by a colleague from india. Any advise is welcome.   My suggestion would be to go for cemented Rot...
Saturday, 25 May 2013

current facts on acl reconstruction

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single or double bundle reconstruction. its been clear that double bundle although more anatomic does not give any added advantage as far...
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Symptom modifying effect of chondroitin sulfate

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 The STOPP study(osteoarthritis progression prevention), a 2 year prospective study have demonstrated definite SYSADOA symptom modifyin...
Monday, 22 April 2013

Procedure specific competence

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Competence of doctor for specific procedure should be assessed/certified before new procedures are attempted. Our patients are not Guinea ...

MPFL anchor points to the red spots

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Dr Jacob Varghese
VPS lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, Burjeel Hospital Muscat oman, kerala, India
orthopedic surgeon - with interests in sports injuries, joint preservation, primary and revision joint replacement
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