articular cartilage repair

First research publication involving KNEEguru bulletin board members.

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:27:38 -0700

For those bulletin board members who have had articular cartilage repair and who have participated in the survey posted up recently by Karen Hambly, I am sure you will be interested to know that the results were published in a major medical journal. You can get the details here.

IKDC or KOOS? Which Measures Symptoms and Disabilities Most Important to Postoperative Articular Cartilage Repair Patients?

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:22:25 -0700

Hambly K and Griva K. IKDC or KOOS?

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Outcomes of articular cartilage repair surgery - literature interpretations

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:18:30 -0700

The medical literature is largely accessible to patients. The language is hard to read, the articles are stored in libraries and it is also hard for readers to put the information into the context of the time in which is was published. We try to overcome these issues by interpreting some of the literature for our readers and also trying to put it into context. Key articles on exercise for arthritis, in date order of publication, that we have reviewed/interpreted for you include -

Articular cartilage repair - course by Karen Hambly

admin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:05:51 -0800

Which articular cartilage repair procedure?

admin — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:16:55 -0800

Who's Who in articular cartilage repair?

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:06:31 -0800

The following are a list of surgeons that I know to have a special interest in cartilage repair -

Dr (Mr) Vladimir Bobic - Chester, UK

Dr (Mr) Tim Briggs - Watford, UK

Dr Mats Brittberg - Kungsbacka, Sweden

Return to activity after ACI - survey results

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:05:06 -0800

Understanding the cartilage repair experience from the patients’ perspective. by Karen Hambly BSc MCSP (Sports Scientist/Physiotherapist)

See Karen's Own Site

Surgery - articular cartilage repair

admin — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:06:37 -0800

Articular cartilage repair includes a number of surgical procedures whose objective is to improve or restore damaged joint cartilage surfaces. This is an area of knee surgery where the effectiveness of techniques is still being established, but it does offer to patients with joint surface damage the possibility of delaying knee replacement or preventing it altogether.

Articular cartilage repair - who gets what technique?

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:16:04 -0800

If you read through the reference given in the previous chapter, you will know by now that there are a number of possible surgical techniques that may benefit someone with joint cartilage damage in the knee. To help surgeons decide which procedure to do, a number of flowcharts (or 'algorithms') have been developed. The surgeon can estimate the depth of the damage and the width of the damaged area, and ask the patient questions about their lifestyle and age. Then by referring to the flowchart, the surgeon will have a fairly good idea of what surgery is likely to benefit the patient.

My physio had never even heard of ACI!

ergomaniac — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:03:36 -0800

I am constantly amazed by some of the experiences that people tell me they go through when they go to see their physio after they have had articular cartilage repair. A couple of classics that I come across way too frequently are -

“When I told my physio that I had ACI surgery they said – ‘so you’ve had your ligament repaired’!” or