arthrofibrosis

Arthrofibrosis is a condition where excessive scar tissue develops in the knee joint and the mobile soft tissues around the joint, limiting range of movement.

Recommendations for the treatment of arthrofibrosis

 

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  • Arthrofibrosis is a serious disease and should be treated by a multidisciplinary team.
  • Arthrofibrosis patients must be treated differently to patients who are healing normally.
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Knee Arthrofibrosis: Everything You Need to Know to Recognize, Treat, and Prevent Loss of Knee Motion After Injury or Surgery

This e-book is from two knee experts, offering detailed and practical protocols for recognition and management of this difficult knee complication.

Arthrofibrosis frustrations

Highlighting issues from previous forum discussion regarding arthrofibrosis

2011 - Outcome of surgical treatment of arthrofibrosis following ligament reconstruction

An 'interpretation' of a 2011 publishing discussing how important it is to have a flexible approach when dealing with internal scarring after cruciate ligament surgery.

2011 - Drivers of heterotopic ossification in idiopathic arthrofibrosis after total knee arthroplasty

An 'interpretation' of a medical article published in the medical journals in 2011, discussing what it is that triggers soft tissues around a knee replacement to transform into bony tissue.

2010 - Failure of interpositional membrane to prevent recurrent arthrofibrosis

An 'interpretation' of a 2010 paper which is interesting, although the technique failed to prevent the recurrence of arthrofibrosis.

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