Multi-Ligament Knee Injury and Knee Dislocations
A multi-ligament knee injury is among the most severe injuries an orthopedic surgeon encounters. When two or more of the knee’s major stabilizing ligaments fail simultaneously, the joint ...
Meniscus Root Tear and Complex Meniscus Pathology
Not all meniscus tears carry the same consequences. A peripheral tear in the outer zone of the meniscus behaves differently from a radial tear, and both behave differently ...
Revision ACL Reconstruction: When a First ACL Surgery Fails
ACL reconstruction has a strong overall track record, but it does not succeed in every case. Graft failure after a primary reconstruction leaves patients dealing with the same ...
Rotator Cuff Repair Augmentation and Graft Reinforcement
Standard rotator cuff repair works well for many tears, but not all tendons heal the same way. When tissue is thinned, retracted, or has already failed once, the ...
Meniscus Tears: Types, Symptoms and Diagnosis
Knee pain is one of the most common complaints in orthopedic practice, and meniscus tears are among the most frequent causes. They occur in high school athletes as ...
MCL, PCL and LCL Tears: Diagnosis and Treatment
Knee ligament injuries are a common reason patients end up in an orthopedic surgeon’s office, but not all ligament tears present the same way or require the same ...
ACL Reconstruction Surgery: Graft Options Explained
ACL reconstruction graft options fall into two broad categories: autograft, which uses tissue taken from the patient’s own body, and allograft, which uses donor tissue from a tissue ...
Massive and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: Options When Standard Repair Is Not Possible
Not every rotator cuff tear can be fixed by putting the tissue back where it belongs. For a significant subset of patients, the tear is simply too large, ...
Shoulder Labral Tears and SLAP Lesions
Shoulder pain in an overhead athlete or someone who has experienced a dislocation often gets attributed to the rotator cuff first. That attribution is sometimes correct and sometimes ...
ACL Tears: Diagnosis, Grading and Who Needs Surgery
The ACL tear is one of the most recognized injuries in sports medicine, but that familiarity often comes with a set of assumptions that do not hold up ...