PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to report the approach of Greek surgeons regarding patellar management and provide the outcomes and the rate of the need for secondary patella resurfacing.METHODS: Following the PRISMA guidelines, PubMed, Scopus, and The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases were accessed in Jan...
Patellar failure in total knee arthroplasty is a major source of complications postoperatively. Previous patellar failure reports commonly cited dissociations of modular and metal-backed patellar implants. However, mechanical breakage of monoblock all-polyethylene patellar implants is very rare. We present a case of an early shear failure of a 3-pe...
BACKGROUND: The polyarticular nature of Osteoarthritis (OA) tends to manifest in multi-joints. Associations between cartilage health in connected joints can help identify early degeneration and offer the potential for biomechanical intervention. Such associations between hip and knee cartilages remain understudied. PURPOSE: To investigate T1p assoc...
Published in Rheumatology international
ObjectiveCartilage degeneration involves structural, compositional, and biomechanical alterations that may be detected non-invasively using quantitative MRI. The goal of this study was to determine if topographical variation in T1rho values correlates with indentation stiffness and biochemical contents of human patellar cartilage.DesignCadaveric pa...
Abstract The biological profile estimation is the first step towards positive identification. However, it is not always possible to access a complete and well-preserved skeleton due to postmortem damage and taphonomic changes. As such, there is a need to develop new alternative to analyze different bones of the human skeleton. The present study aim...
Published in International orthopaedics
In this study, we evaluated the possibility of precise intraoperative localization of the lateral genicular arteries by an orthopaedic surgeon using the transillumination method. Twelve patients underwent cemented TKA with patella-friendly Zimmer Biomet NexGen Legacy Posterior Stabilized prostheses (without patellar resurfacing), seven right knees ...
Published in Skeletal radiology
This study aims to compare the relative reliability and accuracy of TT-TG measurements in EOS with that of MRI in a paediatric population. Patients were included if they underwent both an MRI and EOS scans and were under the age of 16. Two authors recorded the TT-TG distances on each modality at two separate time points. In the EOS images, the dist...
Published in European radiology
Underestimation of concomitant patellofemoral instability in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury has aroused extensive attention. However, the characteristics of the combined injury is not well recognized. Hence, we aimed to characterize the features of the combined injury, and determine the radiographic risk factors. Fifteen radi...
Published in BMC musculoskeletal disorders
The patellofemoral joint is a challenging environment for treating chondral defects. Among the surgical options for the treatment of chondral defects, the single-stage Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis (AMIC) procedure uses a porcine collagen I/III membrane to enhance bone-marrow stimulation. However, longer term outcomes data are rare for t...
