Category Archives: Applications

CEMENTLESS FEMORAL STEMS: FIXATION MECHANISMS AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DESIGN

1. Core principle: two stages of fixation Cementless femoral stems achieve stability through two sequential [...]

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF ACL TEARS: LACHMAN, ANTERIOR DRAWER, AND PIVOT SHIFT TESTS

1. Lachman Test: Why is it the most sensitive? Mechanism The Lachman test evaluates anterior [...]

NON-TRAUMATIC AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD: WHEN TO PRESERVE THE JOINT AND WHEN TO PERFORM ARTHROPLASTY?

1. Overview Non-traumatic avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head is a condition characterized by [...]

LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION: NOT EVERY PATIENT REQUIRES SURGERY

1. Common Clinical Presentations of Lumbar Disc Herniation Patients may present with low back pain, [...]

TIBIAL GRAFT FIXATION IN ACL RECONSTRUCTION: A SMALL STEP WITH A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUTCOMES

1. Why Is Tibial Fixation Important? The authors emphasize that intraoperative decisions during graft fixation [...]

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (ACL) RECONSTRUCTION: WHICH GRAFT AND WHICH TECHNIQUE IS OPTIMAL?

1. ACL Reconstruction: Success Goes Beyond the Operation Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture is a [...]

BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF BONE HEALING AND FIXATION IN FRACTURE MANAGEMENT

1. Bone as a dynamically remodeling tissue Bone is not a static structure but a [...]

MENISCUS REPAIR: A TISSUE-PRESERVING APPROACH – ARTHROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES – REHABILITATION

1. Fundamental principle: “Meniscus preservation” is the priority The meniscus acts as a “shock absorber” [...]

OSTEOMYELITIS: A DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FROM AN ORTHOPEDIC PERSPECTIVE

1. Overview Osteomyelitis is an infection of bone that induces an acute or chronic inflammatory [...]

Fracture-Related Infection (FRI)

1. Overview Fracture-related infection (FRI) is a serious complication in orthopaedic trauma care, particularly following [...]