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Osteoarthritis is the degeneration of the joint—a disease process causing the joint surface to wear away. The symptoms can include all or some of the following: pain,…
Does Patellar Tendon Graft Harvest for ACL Reconstruction Lead to an Increased Rate of Patellofemoral Arthritis?
Shelbourne Knee Center has only used the patellar tendon as the primary graft choice when doing ACL reconstructions. The patellar tendon is considered the “gold standard…
Chondral injuries to the knee joint refer to damage that’s done to the articular cartilage on the ends of the bones that make up the knee, the femur and tibia, but can…
There is much debate on the best way to treat a patient who has suffered an ACL tear regarding graft choice and when to do the surgery. However, the one opinion that…
Conservative treatments for symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA), especially physical therapy, are more effective than many physicians think they are in relieving…
The benefit of treating just one thing is that you can become more familiar with a problem and the trends that occur. Although patellar dislocations are not common…
The Shelbourne Knee Center has been using the continuous passive motion (CPM) machine for all of our post-operative knee procedures and have not experienced the daily…
There are two menisci in the knee joint; medial (inside part of the knee) and lateral (outside part of the knee). They are “C” shaped cartilages that sit between the…