Knee- Don't Forget It

Knee- don’t forget it We are the experts at the hip and knee. Here is a selection of problems. Case 1:

“squat patella”, 38 yo, F, anterior knee pain, clonks, but tracks well. Looks up and out.What to do Case 2:

Old Osgood-Schlatter’s disease. 61 yo,M, asymptomatic. Case 3:

42 yo F, swollen patellar fats pads. Hoffa’s syndrome Case 4:

Tibial spine avl, 18 yo M, unstable. Case 5:

Case 6:

Lateral plateau Fx in a 60 yo,F. Step 1-

reduced, put bone graft into hole created, here Vitoss( like a putty). Step 2-

Apply plate Complex tear lateral meniscus in a 20 yo; also had tear ACL Case 7:

Subsided tibial cpt of uni knee replacement. Revised to TKR with ORIF + bone graft. Case 8:

Patello-femoral replacement. 48 yo,F. Case 9:

Mal tracking patella at arthroscopy. Lateral release performed with a 15 blade ( easy & quick, just take care pass blade across patello-fem space). Case 10:

OCD lesion in typical area of med fem condyle. 41 yo,M. Locking.

LB in supra patellar pouch.

Removed via arthroscope.

Case 11

Patellar tendon, bony avl, lower pole. Full strength. 15 yo,M. Case 12:

Lateral meniscal cyst. Ultra sound confirmed. 50 yo,F.

Case 13.

Torn biceps femoris knee. 60 yo,M. Case 14:

Intra-articular dislocation of patella. US shows no ligament rupture. 50 yo,M. Case 15:

Crush injury over pes. Abscess. Drained. 60 yo,M. Case 16:

Pre patella large bursa.Crepitus.Can be very painful. Excise. Slow rehab.