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    The acromioclavicular ligament shows an early and dynamic healing response following acute traumatic rupture

    Symptomatic horizontal instability is clinically relevant following acute acromioclavicular joint dislocations. However, the intrinsic healing response is poorly understood. The present study sought to investi...

    Dirk Maier, Lars-Rene Tuecking, Anke Bernstein in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2020)

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    Recreational Athletes

    Recreational sports include all kind of physical activities, played for fun, participation, or aiming at social engagement. Recreational activities are believed to be less psychologically or physically demanding ...

    Kaywan Izadpanah, Norbert P. Südkamp in Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports (2020)

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    Isolated revision meniscal repair – failure rates, clinical outcome, and patient satisfaction

    Failure of isolated primary meniscal repair must be expected in approximately 10–25% of cases. Patients requiring revision surgery may benefit from revision meniscal repair, however, the results of this proced...

    Andreas Fuchs, Ferdinand Kloos, Gerrit Bode in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2018)

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    Modified Lemaire extra-articular stabilisation of the knee for the treatment of anterolateral instability combined with diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis: a case report

    Diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee is a rare proliferative joint disease associated with high recurrence rates following surgical treatment. Intra-articular joint instability in conjun...

    Cliodhna Farthing, Gernot Lang, Matthias J. Feucht in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2018)

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    Arthroscopic patellar release for treatment of chronic symptomatic patellar tendinopathy: long-term outcome and influential factors in an athletic population

    Arthroscopic patellar release (APR) is utilized for minimally invasive surgical treatment of patellar tendinopathy. Evidence regarding long-term success following the procedure is limited. Also, the influence ...

    Gernot Lang, Jan M. Pestka, Dirk Maier, Kaywan Izadpanah in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2017)

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    Examination of concomitant glenohumeral pathologies in patients treated arthroscopically for calcific tendinitis of the shoulder and implications for routine diagnostic joint exploration

    Glenohumeral exploration is routinely performed during arthroscopic removal of rotator cuff calcifications in patients with calcific tendinitis of the shoulder (CTS). However, evidence on the prevalence of int...

    Gernot Lang, Kaywan Izadpanah, Eva Johanna Kubosch in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2017)

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    Factors influencing treatment success of negative pressure wound therapy in patients with postoperative infections after Osteosynthetic fracture fixation

    Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is being increasingly used to treat postoperative infections after osteosynthetic fracture fixation. The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of epidemio...

    Kaywan Izadpanah, Stephanie Hansen, Julia Six-Merker in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2017)

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    Prognostic value of MRI in arthroscopic treatment of chronic patellar tendinopathy: a prospective cohort study

    To date, prognostic outcome factors for patients undergoing arthroscopic treatment due to chronic patellar tendinopathy (PT) are lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether preoperatively ass...

    Peter Ogon, Kaywan Izadpanah, Helge Eberbach, Gernot Lang in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2017)

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    Injury patterns of the acromioclavicular ligament complex in acute acromioclavicular joint dislocations: a cross-sectional, fundamental study

    Horizontal instability impairs clinical outcome following acute acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) reconstruction and may be caused by insufficient healing of the superior acromioclavicular ligament complex (ACLC)....

    Dirk Maier, Martin Jaeger, Kilian Reising in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2016)

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    Preoperative planning of calcium deposit removal in calcifying tendinitis of the rotator cuff - possible contribution of computed tomography, ultrasound and conventional X-Ray

    The purpose of the present study was to investigate the accuracy of Ultrasound (US), conventional X-Ray (CX) and Computed Tomography (CT) to estimate the total count, localization, morphology and consistency o...

    Kaywan Izadpanah, Martin Jaeger, Dirk Maier in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders (2014)