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The treatment of meniscal tears continues to evolve. A few years ago most tears were treated with total meniscectomy, which evolved to partial meniscectomy and then to meniscal repair. The purpose is to preserve as much of the menisci as possible, to maintain their potential biomechanical properties, and to preserve normal knee function. Different repair techniques have been used many of them involving both vertical and horizontal sutures. We are proposing an inside-out meniscal repair technique with cross-shaped stitches that provides a 4-point fixation construct.
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Artroscopia/métodos , Meniscos Tibiais/cirurgia , Técnicas de Sutura , Lesões do Menisco Tibial , Humanos , Tratamentos com Preservação do Órgão , Técnicas de Sutura/efeitos adversosRESUMO
La perforación del túnel femoral a través del portal anteromedial permite la colocación anatómica del túnel femoral, es indispensable en la reconstrucción con doble banda y en la técnica todo adentro. Existen varios retos y complicaciones cuando se toma la decisión de realizar esta técnica, los cuales deben ser conocidos por el cirujano antes de llevar a cabo este procedimiento. El propósito de esta revisión es describir los pasos a seguir para los cirujanos que contemplan realizar el túnel femoral a través del portal anteromedial para la reconstrucción del ligamento cruzado anterior.
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Humanos , Articulação do Joelho/cirurgia , Ligamento Cruzado Anterior/cirurgia , Procedimentos de Cirurgia Plástica/métodos , Tendões/transplante , Artroscopia/métodos , Fêmur/cirurgia , Complicações Pós-OperatóriasRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: The field of cartilage repair continues to advance after cell based and single-stage chondrocyte transplantation technologies. These strategies have been widely used in developed countries, and clinical, histologic and functional outcomes are of special interest. OBJECTIVE: To describe evidence of cartilage repair techniques by means of a literature review. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Cartilage restoration through osteochondral allografting or autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) had proven efficacy, but technical and biologic limitations to these procedures exist. However, newer second-generation and third-generation cell-based technologies are being developed and tested clinically with purposes of decreasing operative morbidity, the ability to use a single-stage approach, and improve the viability and durability of cartilage repair tissue. These techniques can be used for treatment of important chondral defects in young patients and elite athletes, but well-designed randomized clinical trials should be done to confirm the value of these procedures.