Issue 11/2023
Content (75 Articles)
Tips and tricks for how to become a good reviewer
Jonathan D. Hughes, Riccardo Cristiani, Michael T. Hirschmann, Volker Musahl, Karl Eriksson, Jon Karlsson
Time to focus on ACL revision: ESSKA 2022 consensus
Thomas Tischer, Vincenzo Condello, Jacques Menetrey, David Dejour, Philippe Beaufils, Roland Becker
Management of anterior cruciate ligament revision in adults: the 2022 ESSKA consensus part I—diagnostics and preoperative planning
Thomas Tischer, Philippe Beaufilis, Roland Becker, Sufian S. Ahmad, Marco Bonomo, David Dejour, Karl Eriksson, Giuseppe Filardo, Matthias J. Feucht, Alberto Grassi, Adrian Wilson, Jacques Menetrey, Nicolas Pujol, Martin Rathcke, Romain Seil, Marc J. Strauss, Vincenzo Condello
Management of anterior cruciate ligament revision in adults: the 2022 ESSKA consensus: part II—surgical strategy
Vincenzo Condello, Philippe Beaufilis, Roland Becker, Sufian S. Ahmad, Marco Bonomo, David Dejour, Karl Eriksson, Giuseppe Filardo, Matthias J. Feucht, Alberto Grassi, Adrian Wilson, Jacques Menetrey, Nicolas Pujol, Martin Rathcke, Romain Seil, Marc J. Strauss, Thomas Tischer
Management of anterior cruciate ligament revision in adults: the 2022 ESSKA consensus part III—indications for different clinical scenarios using the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method
Thomas Tischer, Luca Andriolo, Philippe Beaufils, Sufian S. Ahmad, Corrado Bait, Marco Bonomo, Etienne Cavaignac, Riccardo Cristiani, Matthias J. Feucht, Markas Fiodorovas, Alberto Grassi, Gijs Helmerhorst, Christian Hoser, Mustafa Karahan, George Komnos, Koen Carl Lagae, Vincenzo Madonna, Edoardo Monaco, Juan Carlos Monllau, Matthieu Ollivier, Mikko Ovaska, Wolf Petersen, Tomasz Piontek, James Robinson, Kristian Samuelsson, Sven Scheffler, Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, Giuseppe Filardo, Vincenzo Condello
A comparison of robotic-assisted and manual techniques in restricted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty: coronal alignment improvement with no significant clinical differences
Kayhan Turan, Yalkin Camurcu, Murat Kezer, Yunus Uysal, Yusuf Onur Kizilay, Hanifi Ucpunar, Abdulaziz Temiz
Robotic-assisted mechanically aligned total knee arthroplasty does not lead to better clinical and radiological outcomes when compared to conventional TKA: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Alessandro Bensa, Alessandro Sangiorgio, Luca Deabate, Andrea Illuminati, Benedetta Pompa, Giuseppe Filardo
Restoration of the native tibial joint line obliquity in total knee arthroplasty with inverse kinematic alignment does not increase knee adduction moments
Philip Winnock de Grave, Tamaya Van Criekinge, Thomas Luyckx, Robin Moreels, Paul Gunst, Kurt Claeys
Preoperative education on realistic expectations improves the satisfaction of patients with central sensitization after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized-controlled trial
Hee Seung Nam, Hyun Jin Yoo, Jade Pei Yuik Ho, Yong Beom Kim, Yong Seuk Lee
Freeze-dried noncoagulating platelet-derived factor concentrate is a safe and effective treatment for early knee osteoarthritis
Tadahiko Ohtsuru, Masaki Otsuji, Jun Nakanishi, Norimasa Nakamura, Stephen Lyman, Hiroto Hanai, Kazunori Shimomura, Wataru Ando
Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the risk of immediate postoperative deep vein thrombosis after open wedge high tibial osteotomy
Haichuan Guo, Tianyu Wang, Chengsi Li, Jiahao Yu, Ruoxuan Zhu, Maolin Wang, Yanbin Zhu, Juan Wang
High degree of alignment precision associated with total knee arthroplasty performed using a surgical robot or handheld navigation
Tony S. Shen, Tyler J. Uppstrom, Paul J. Walker, Jonathan S. Yu, Ryan Cheng, David J. Mayman, Seth A. Jerabek, Michael P. Ast
PCL retention demonstrates better functional scores and gait patterns in total knee arthroplasty using a medial congruent insert—a prospective study
Ashok Rajgopal, Sumit Kumar, Manish Kumar Singh, Kalpana Aggarwal
A robotic-assisted simulation of kinematic alignment in TKA leads to excessive valgus and internal rotation in valgus knees
Britt Ollivier, Hilde Vandenneucker, Hannes Vermue, Thomas Luyckx
Long leg radiographs underestimate the degree of constitutional varus limb alignment and joint line obliquity in comparison with computed tomography: a radiographic study
Payam Tarassoli, Luke E. Corban, Jil A. Wood, Andrew Sergis, Darren B. Chen, Samuel J. MacDessi
Patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction after revisions of medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasties for unexplained pain vs aseptic loosening
Kristine Bollerup Arndt, Henrik Morville Schrøder, Anders Troelsen, Martin Lindberg-Larsen
Does lucency equate to revision? A five-year retrospective review of Attune and Triathlon total knee arthroplasty
Paul O’Donovan, Timothy McAleese, James Harty
BLU-DAT: a new reliable and accurate arthrometer for measuring anterior knee laxity
Alessandro Colosio, Alessandra Scaini, Marcello Motta, Marco Paderno, Maristella F. Saccomanno, Pierfrancesco Bettinsoli, Giovanni Bonaspetti, Giuseppe Milano
Harvest location has a minimal impact on differences in cross-sectional area of quadriceps tendon in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Jumpei Inoue, Satoshi Takeuchi, Sahil Dadoo, Keishi Takaba, Bryson P. Lesinak, Volker Musahl, Kentaro Onishi
NAVIO RATKA shows similar rates of hemoglobin-drop, adverse events, readmission and early revision vs conventional TKA: a single centre retrospective cohort study
Jim Vandenberk, Jan Mievis, Jorien Deferm, Daniël Janssen, Peter Bollars, Hilde Vandenneucker
Discoid lateral meniscus instability in children: part I. A new grading system of instability to clarify natural history
Vandergugten Simon, Bauwens Paul Henri, Fiquet Charles, Boyer Hélène, Cance Nicolas, Raux Sebastien, Chotel Franck
Discoid lateral meniscus instability in children: part II.: Repair first to minimise the saucerisation
Paul Henri Bauwens, Simon Vandergugten, Charles Fiquet, Sébastien Raux, Nicolas Cance, Franck Chotel
Semitendinosus tendons are commonly contaminated with skin flora during graft harvest for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Christoph Offerhaus, Vera Jaecker, Sven Shafizadeh, Leonard Müller, Heiko Hahne, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Nathalie Jazmati
Image-free handheld robotic-assisted technology improved the accuracy of implant positioning compared to conventional instrumentation in patients undergoing simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty, without additional benefits in improvement of clinical outcomes
Ali Albelooshi, Muhieddine Hamie, Peter Bollars, Saeed Althani, Rami Salameh, Malak Almasri, Martijn G. M. Schotanus, Prashant Meshram
Tibial bone defect prediction based on preoperative artefact-reduced CT imaging is superior to standard radiograph assessment
Marco Brenneis, Dimitrios A. Flevas, Troy D. Bornes, Sebastian Braun, Andrea Meurer, Peter K. Sculco, Fernando J. Quevedo-González, Friedrich Boettner
Joint line obliquity after lateral closing-wedge high tibial osteotomy does not adversely affect clinical and radiological outcome: a 5-year follow-up study
Tianshun Xie, Maarten R. Huizinga, Inge van den Akker-Scheek, Hugo C. van der Veen, Reinoud W. Brouwer
High tibial osteotomy versus unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for Kellgren–Lawrence grade 3–4 knee osteoarthritis in younger patients: comparable improvements in patient-reported outcomes, adjusted for osteoarthritis grade and sex
A. Hoorntje, Y. Pronk, J. M. Brinkman, R. C. I. van Geenen, R. J. van Heerwaarden
Similar outcomes after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in paediatric and adult populations: a 1-year follow-up of 506 paediatric operations in Denmark
Maria Østergaard Madsen, Susan Warming, Martin Wyman Rathcke, Peter Faunø, Torsten Grønbech Nielsen, Robert Bennike Herzog, Mathilde Lundgaard-Nielsen, Anette Holm Kourakis, Martin Lind, Michael Rindom Krogsgaard
Coronal and sagittal alignment of ankle joint is significantly affected by high tibial osteotomy
Byung Hak Oh, Kyung Deok Seo, Youn Moo Heo, Tae Kyun Kim, Jae Kyu Choi, Jae Hwang Song
Application of external torque enhances the detection of subtle syndesmotic ankle instability in a weight-bearing CT
M. Peiffer, T. Dhont, F. Cuigniez, T. Tampere, S. Ashkani-Esfahani, P. D’Hooghe, E. Audenaert, A. Burssens
Insufficient restoration of meniscal extrusion by transtibial pullout repair for medial meniscus posterior root tears
Ryota Takase, Takashi Ohsawa, Shogo Hashimoto, Shingo Kurihara, Shinya Yanagisawa, Keiichi Hagiwara, Masashi Kimura, Hirotaka Chikuda
MRI-based torsion measurement of the lower limb is a reliable and valid alternative for CT measurement: a prospective study
Leonard Grünwald, Tina Histing, Fabian Springer, Gabriel Keller
Bone mineral density around the knee after open wedge high tibial osteotomy measured up to 24 months in 51 patients
Yasushi Akamatsu, Hideo Kobayashi, Shota Mitsuhashi, Yoshihiro Kusayama
Higher revision rates in patients with preoperative contralateral pes planovalgus deformity following total knee arthroplasty
Zachary C. Pearson, Andrew B. Harris, Amil R. Agarwal, R. Timothy Kreulen, Jalen Martin, Uzoma Ahiarakwe, Gregory J. Golladay, Savyasachi C. Thakkar
A significant rate of tibial overcorrection with an increased JLO occurred after isolated high tibial osteotomy without considering international consensus
Matthieu Ollivier, Jae-Sung An, Kristian Kley, Raghbir Khakha, Levi Reina Fernandes, Grégoire Micicoi
Higher fibular head is a risk for lateral hinge fracture in medial open wedge high tibial osteotomy
Keiichi Yoshida, Mitsuaki Kubota, Haruka Kaneko, Youngji Kim, Keiji Kobayashi, Shinnosuke Hada, Yoshitomo Saita, Muneaki Ishijima
Patella scores are similar both with gap balancing and measured resection after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized single-centre study
Alpaslan Öztürk, Özgür Avci, Yavuz Akalın, Nazan Çevik, Fatih Türkmensoy
Patients with trochlear dysplasia have dysplastic medial femoral epiphyseal plates
Lingce Kong, Huijun Kang, Yingzhen Niu, Kuo Hao, Chongyi Fan, Fei Wang
The ALR-RSI score can be used to evaluate psychological readiness to return to sport after acute Achilles tendon tear
E. Shitrit, E. Valentin, N. Baudrier, Y. Bohu, G. Rauline, R. Lopes, T. Bauer, A. Hardy
Wider translations and rotations in posterior-stabilised mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty compared to fixed-bearing both implanted with mechanical alignment: a dynamic RSA study
Raffaele Zinno, Domenico Alesi, Stefano Di Paolo, Nicola Pizza, Stefano Zaffagnini, Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli, Laura Bragonzoni
Autologous minced cartilage repair for chondral and osteochondral lesions of the knee joint demonstrates good postoperative outcomes and low reoperation rates at minimum five-year follow-up
Armin Runer, Robert Ossendorff, Felix Öttl, Vincent A. Stadelmann, Stefan Schneider, Stefan Preiss, Gian M. Salzmann, Jakob Hax
Femoral nerve block using lower concentration ropivacaine preserves quadriceps strength while providing similar analgesic effects after knee arthroscopy
Tao Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Xiaoyin Niu, Lantao Li, Jiaji Gu, Minghui Chen, Xuan Zhao
Aseptic survival of the 1.5-stage exchange arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection was acceptable when using an autoclaved femoral component and a new polyethylene insert
Sang Jun Song, Sung Hyun Hwang, Hyun Jae Baek, Cheol Hee Park
The meniscal extrusion index is a reliable indirect sign of different meniscal lesion patterns: a classification based on percentage of meniscal extrusion
Riccardo Compagnoni, Paolo Ferrua, Carlo Minoli, Raschid Fajury, Rossella Ravaglia, Alessandra Menon, Pietro Simone Randelli
Midterm results of intra-articular stromal vascular fraction injection for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis
Oğuzhan Çimen, Kaan Süleyman Irgıt, Taner Bekmezci, Ömer Büyüktopçu, Yavuz Şahbat, Alperen Korucu
Good long-term patients reported outcomes, return-to-work and return-to-sport rate and survivorship after posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)-based multiligament knee injuries (MLKI) with posteromedial corner tears as significant risk factor for failure
Nicola Pizza, Stefano Di Paolo, Alberto Grassi, Anna Pagano, Marianna Viotto, Giacomo Dal Fabbro, Piero Agostinone, Gian Andrea Lucidi, Juan Carlos Monllau, Stefano Zaffagnini
Type of medial meniscus tear does not affect the clinical and radiological outcomes of medial opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy
Chang-Wan Kim, Chang-Rack Lee, Gyu-Ha Son
The Matsudai Knee Osteoarthritis Survey showed the longitudinal changes of knee phenotypes in alignment and structure during 23–28 years
Yasuyuki Tomiyama, Tomoharu Mochizuki, Hiroshi Koga, Go Omori, Yoshio Koga, Osamu Tanifuji, Katsutoshi Nishino, Kazuo Endo, Naoto Endo, Hiroyuki Kawashima
Preoperative patellar bone marrow lesions with full thickness cartilage defects correlate with residual anterior knee pain in total knee arthroplasty without patellar resurfacing
Ho Jung Jung, Min Wook Kang, Jong Hwa Lee, Joon Kyu Lee, Joong Il Kim
Serial change of femoral and tibial tunnel width after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with allograft
Sung-Sahn Lee, Dae-Hee Lee
PROMIS physical function and pain perform poorly psychometrically in patients undergoing medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction
Hailey P. Huddleston, Ophelie Lavoie-Gagne, Nabil Mehta, Justin M. Walsh, Michael C. Fu, Brian Forsythe, Nikhil N. Verma, Brian J. Cole, Adam B. Yanke
Combined anterior cruciate ligament revision with reconstruction of the antero-lateral ligament does not improve outcome at 2-year follow-up compared to isolated acl revision; a randomized controlled trial
Ole Gade Sørensen, Peter Faunø, Lars Konradsen, Torsten Nielsen, Susanne Schaarup, Bjarne Mygind-Klavsen, Michael Krogsgaard, Martin Lind
_Combining return to sport, psychological readiness, body mass, hamstring strength symmetry, and hamstring/quadriceps ratio increases the risk of a second anterior cruciate ligament injury
Gabriel Peixoto Leão Almeida, Thamyla Rocha Albano, Carlos Augusto Silva Rodrigues, Maria Larissa Azevedo Tavares, Pedro Olavo de Paula Lima
Bone morphology features associated with knee kinematics may not be predictive of ACL elongation during high-demand activities
Koji Nukuto, Tom Gale, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Volker Musahl, William Anderst
Fibronectin-coated polyurethane meniscal scaffolding supplemented with MSCs improves scaffold integration and proteoglycan production in a rabbit model
Raúl Torres-Claramunt, Santos Martínez-Díaz, Juan F. Sánchez-Soler, Laura Tio-Barrera, Raquel Arredondo, Laura Triginer, Joan C. Monllau
Costal chondrocyte-derived pellet-type scaffold-free autologous chondrocyte implantation provided acceptable mid-term outcomes in osteochondral defects with up to 10-mm depth
Kyoung Ho Yoon, Sang Jun Song, Sung Hyun Hwang, Woo Jae Jang, Cheol Hee Park
Functional alignment in total knee arthroplasty best achieves balanced gaps and minimal bone resections: an analysis comparing mechanical, kinematic and functional alignment strategies
Victor A. Van de Graaf, Darren B. Chen, Richard J. Allom, Jil A. Wood, Samuel J. MacDessi
The posterior cruciate ligament–posterior femoral cortex angle (PCL–PCA) and the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) sign are useful parameters to indicate the progression of knee decompensation over time after an ACL injury
Jakub Oronowicz, Caroline Mouton, Charles Pioger, Jérôme Valcarenghi, Thomas Tischer, Romain Seil
Less wear in deep-dished mobile compared to fixed bearing total knee arthroplasty of the same design at 5-year follow-up: a randomised controlled model-based Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis trial
S. Kalaai, J. Most, B. van Dun, B. L. Kaptein, P. B. J. Tilman, B. Boonen, M. G. M. Schotanus
Risk for total knee arthroplasty after tibial plateau fractures: a systematic review
D. J. Haslhofer, N. Kraml, P. W. Winkler, T. Gotterbarm, A. Klasan
Older age and the presence of intrameniscal signs are risk factors for nonsurgical treatment failure of symptomatic intact discoid lateral meniscus
Zhongyu Luo, Jun Qian, Xin Lu, Yu Fan, Xiao Chang, Bo Jiang, Mingxia Li
Increased TT–TG distance caused by excessive tibiofemoral rotation predicts poor clinical outcomes after tibial tubercle osteotomy in recurrent patellar dislocation
Zhi-jun Zhang, Zheng Feng, Menglinqian Di, Yan-wei Cao, Tong Zheng, Hui Zhang
Restoration of preoperative tibial alignment improves functional results after medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Lolita Micicoi, Axel Machado, Justin Ernat, Philipp Schippers, Régis Bernard de Dompsure, Nicolas Bronsard, Jean-François Gonzalez, Grégoire Micicoi
Less pain reported 5 years after cementless compared to cemented unicompartmental knee replacement: an analysis of pain, neuropathy, and co-morbidity scores
Azmi Rahman, Benjamin Martin, Cathy Jenkins, Hasan Mohammad, Karen Barker, Christopher Dodd, William Jackson, Andrew Price, Stephen Mellon, David W Murray
Exploring the potential of ChatGPT as a supplementary tool for providing orthopaedic information
Janina Kaarre, Robert Feldt, Laura E. Keeling, Sahil Dadoo, Bálint Zsidai, Jonathan D. Hughes, Kristian Samuelsson, Volker Musahl
Kinesiophobia contributes to worse functional and patient-reported outcome measures in Achilles tendinopathy: a systematic review
Prushoth Vivekanantha, Darren de SA, Mansur Halai, Timothy Daniels, Christopher del Balso, Ellie Pinsker, Ajay Shah
The ATFL inferior fascicle, the CFL and the PTFL have a continuous footprint at the medial side of the fibula
Gustavo Araujo Nunes, Laura Monica Martinez, Guillaume Cordier, Frederick Michels, Jordi Vega, Raquel Sanchez Moreno, Miki Dalmau-Pastor
Increased subtalar rotational motion in patients with symptomatic ankle instability under load and stress conditions
María Reyes Fernández-Marín, David González-Martín, Mario Herrera-Pérez, Félix Paulano-Godino, Jesús Vilá-Rico, Sergio Tejero
High body mass index is not a contraindication for an arthroscopic ligament repair with biological augmentation in case of chronic ankle instability
Kevin Guiraud, Gustavo Araujo Nunes, Jordi Vega, Guillaume Cordier
Physician preferences in diagnostics and treatment of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans are diverse across the knee, ankle and elbow: an ESSKA survey
Laura A. M. Kemmeren, Christiaan J. A. van Bergen, Max Reijman, Tom M. Piscaer
Types and doses of anti-adhesive agents injected into subacromial space do not have an effect on the clinical and anatomical outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
Jongwon Lee, Jong Pil Yoon, Youngje Woo, Kyung-Soo Oh, Seok Won Chung
Arthroscopic capsular release for frozen shoulder: when etiology matters
Olimpio Galasso, Michele Mercurio, Francesco Luciano, Claudia Mancuso, Giorgio Gasparini, Massimo De Benedetto, Nicola Orlando, Roberto Castricini
Delamination of rotator cuff tears impairs healing after repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Junwen Liang, Qianrun Liang, Xihao Wang, Zhitao Yang, Tao Liu, Borong Zhang, Xudong Yang, Sen Fang, Cairang Daoji, Xiangdong Yun, Jin Jiang
Correction to: Gender‑specific distribution of knee morphology according to CPAK and functional phenotype classification: analysis of 8739 osteoarthritic knees prior to total knee arthroplasty using artificial intelligence
Stephanie Huber, Jennyfer A. Mitterer, Sascha M. Vallant, Sebastian Simon, Florian Hanak-Hammerl, Gilbert M. Schwarz, Antonio Klasan, Jochen G. Hofstaetter