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cartilage in patients at risk of developing or with mild OA ( 99 ), and elderly individuals and advanced OA patients are similarly expected to improve disease prognosis and function ( 98 ). In addition, preoperative NEMEX can effectively relieve

sutures during primary wound closure will increase knee stability until definitive surgery. Relative indications . Complete tibial side MCL injuries in athletes have a worse prognosis for healing and are considered to require surgery by some

ACL and partial MCL) and concomitant ACL and posterior cruciate ligament injuries. From a rational point of view, more complex knee injuries, involving more ligaments, and with a poorer prognosis, will require the use of an allograft, meaning that

. 5 Prognosis Clanton and Ford reported on surgical and non-surgical patients with a five-year follow-up: 50% described persistent symptoms of pain and stiffness at the hallux MTP joint. 4 Brophy et al measured hallux MTP range of

peroneal nerve (CPN) palsy. 11 – 14 The rate of nerve injury is lower in KDI (see Table 1 ), but higher in lateral-sided injuries. The prognosis of complete CPN palsy is significantly worse than partial CPN palsy. The rate of functional recovery

whether the technique of ACL reconstruction can improve the prognosis and slow or reverse the natural history of the cartilage degeneration. This review discusses the principles of ACL reconstruction in an attempt to provide guidelines and initiate a

measures, and better-quality study methodologies in order to help in making the best decision for the treatment option and/or technique, as well as establishing prognosis. 26 A very important distinction, which often is not easy to make, is between