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of acromion fractures and repair of subscapularis. Indications Posterior glenoid deficiency/wear There has been an increasing trend towards the use of RTSA in patients with osteoarthritis and an intact rotator cuff, in the presence of
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(RCT) evaluating the use of a chitosan-based scaffold combined with microfracture compared with microfracture alone has shown superior repair tissue quantity and quality over microfracture alone at five years but no difference in clinical outcomes. 21
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, repair or replacement of the meniscus. 2 Recent basic science research reinforced the claim that the menisci are fundamental components of a healthy knee joint. 4 – 6 Menisci are C-shaped fibro-cartilage structures with a wedge-like cross
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deltoid ligament. Finally, subacute injuries can be further subdivided into repairable or non-repairable depending on the presence or absence of adequate remnants of AITFL, and chronic can be further subdivided based on its association or not with
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, subsequent years have seen its application extended to the fields of dermatology, oral maxillofacial, craniofacial, plastic surgery, neurosurgery and orthopedics, with the hope of aiding biological repair processes in difficult-to-treat soft tissue pathologic
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medial imbrication procedures ( 10 ). Nonanatomical techniques of plication or primary repair of medial structures do not restore normal biomechanics and may increase patellofemoral joint reaction forces ( 11 ); these have fallen out of favor and have
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strategies can be divided into cartilage repair, cartilage regeneration and cartilage replacement. These therapies are discussed in detail below. Direct fixation (repair) Acute primary and chronic OLT fragments can be fixed directly back into the defect
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Introduction The treatment of rotator cuff tears (RCTs) has evolved in recent decades. Nonsurgical treatment is adequate for many patients; however, for those for whom surgical treatment is indicated, rotator cuff repair provides reliable pain
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footprint with CFL and with some arciform fibres connecting the two ligaments, suggesting that the distal fascicule of the ATFL and the CFL are the same anatomic structure. 3 This is the anatomic support for the idea that the repair of the AFTL will