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Open AccessCoccygectomy for refractory coccydynia, old-fashioned but effective procedure: A retrospective analysis
Coccydynia, characterized by persistent pain in the coccygeal region, significantly impacts patients' quality of life. While various treatment modalities exist, including conservative measures and surgical int...
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Open AccessResponse to letter to the editor concerning “Short-term outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with or without lateral tenodesis or anterolateral ligament reconstruction: a retrospective cohort”
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Open AccessShort-term outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with or without lateral tenodesis or anterolateral ligament reconstruction: a retrospective cohort
This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of ACL reconstruction (ACLR) alone, ACLR with lateral tenodesis, and ACL and ALL reconstruction.
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Good stability and mid-term subjective outcomes after repeated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) revision surgery using allografts
To evaluate the mid-term clinical outcomes of a cohort of patients who underwent multiple ACL revision reconstructions. The hypothesis was that patients with pre-existing meniscal deficiency conditions, malali...
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Open AccessThe 25-year experience of over-the-top ACL reconstruction plus extra-articular lateral tenodesis with hamstring tendon grafts: the story so far
This article presents with an evidence based approach, the kinematical rationale, biological evidence and the long term results of the “Over-The-Top” anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with lateral plas...
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Correction to: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with lateral plasty restores anterior–posterior laxity in the case of concurrent partial medial meniscectomy
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Double-bundle non-anatomic ACL revision reconstruction with allograft resulted in a low revision rate at 10 years
This study aimed at reporting the long-term second revision rate and subjective clinical outcomes from a cohort of patients who underwent a double-bundle (DB) ACLR first revision with allograft at a single ins...
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High return to sport rate and few re-ruptures at long term in professional footballers after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with hamstrings
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures are considered high burden injuries in sports with high pivotal activity, especially for professional footballers. A lack of evidence exists about long-term follow up ...
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High recall bias in retrospective assessment of the pediatric International Knee Documentation Committee Questionnaire (Pedi-IKDC) in children with knee pathologies
The increasing incidence of knee injuries among children is well known by sports physicians. Papers dealing with this topic have often collected patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in a retrospective ma...
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Open AccessReduplicated medial parapatellar plica: a case of a medial plica anatomical variation recalcitrant to conservative treatment
The current study aims to report the radiologic and clinical appearance of a rare anatomical variation of the knee medial synovial plica along with its response to conservative and surgical treatment.
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Clinical outcomes, healing rate, and presence of peri-meniscal cysts after all-inside meniscal repair in combination with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a prospective comparative study with magnetic resonance imaging assessment
Meniscal repairs are the most common associated procedures during ACL reconstruction, but they present challenging indications and possible risks of complications or failures. The aim of the present study is t...
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Side-to-side anterior tibial translation on monopodal weightbearing radiographs as a sign of knee decompensation in ACL-deficient knees
To evaluate the influence of time from injury and meniscus tears on the side-to-side difference in anterior tibial translation (SSD-ATT) as measured on lateral monopodal weightbearing radiographs in both prima...
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Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with lateral plasty restores anterior–posterior laxity in the case of concurrent partial medial meniscectomy
To evaluate the in vivo knee laxity in the presence of a partial medial meniscectomy before and after a single-bundle ACL reconstruction with a lateral plasty (SBLP) and to compare it with the knee laxity afte...
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Open AccessSatisfactory clinical results and low failure rate of medial collagen meniscus implant (CMI) at a minimum 20 years of follow-up
The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term clinical results, reoperations, surgical failure and complications at a minimum of 20 year of follow-up of the first 8 medial CMI scaffolds implanted by a sin...
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Open AccessKnee position at the moment of bone bruise could reflect the late phase of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury rather than the mechanisms leading to ligament failure
The aim of the present study was to trace knee position at the time of bone bruise (BB) and investigate how much this position departed from the knee biomechanics of an in vivo flexion–extension.
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Higher risk of contralateral anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury within 2 years after ACL reconstruction in under-18-year-old patients with steep tibial plateau slope
To assess the role of Tibial Plateau Slope (TPS) as risk factor for early Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction failure and contralateral ACL injury in a population of patients with less than 18 year...
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Good results are reported at 60-month follow-up after medial patello-femoral ligament reconstruction with fascia lata allograft for recurrent patellar dislocation
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a new minimally invasive surgical technique for the reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) with fascia lata allograft at 60-month mini...
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Hamstring grafts for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction show better magnetic resonance features when tibial insertion is preserved
Comparing the MRI features of the grafts between a group of patients treated with an over-the-top anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction technique that preserves the hamstring attachment and a control group...
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Meniscus Biomechanics
Meniscal tears are common injuries in sports and their surgical treatment is one of the most performed procedures in orthopaedic surgery. The comprehension of the normal and pathological biomechanics of menisc...
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The Italian cross-cultural adaptations of the paediatric International Knee Documentation Committee Score and the Hospital for Special Surgery Paediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale are reliable instruments in paediatric population
The aim of the present study was to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and assess the psychometric properties of the Pedi-IKDC and Pedi-FABS scores in the Italian paediatric population with various knee pathol...
