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Arthroscopic suture of peripheral meniscal tears
Twenty-nine patients underwent meniscal repair using an inside-to-out technique and instruments developed in our department. The tears were more than 1.5 cm in length, vertical, and located in the outer third ...
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Arthroscopy in the diagnosis of acute injuries to the knee joint
This study evaluates the role of arthroscopy in the diagnosis of acute injuries to the knee. One hundred and fifty four patients with a suspected ligament injury or effusion of the knee joint underwent arthros...
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Synovial venous hemangioma of the knee joint
Hemangiomas rarely involve joints and less than 100 synovial hemangiomas have been reported. A case of a localised, intermediate type of venous angioma in the kneejoint causing severe knee pain is reported her...
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Outpatient arthroscopy of the knee under local anaesthesia
Arthroscopy of the knee was carried out under local anaesthesia in 313 outpatients, with arthroscopic surgery in 81. The procedure had to be abandoned because of apprehension in only 0.9%. With increasing expe...
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Conservative treatment for acute rupture of the Achilles tendon
Sixty-six patients with acute ruptures of the Achilles tendon were treated by immobilisation in a plaster cast for 12 weeks. Fifty-seven were followed up for a mean time of 70 months. Four re-ruptures occurred...