Your synovium, or synovial membrane, is a thin membrane that lines the inside of joints like your elbow, knee, and shoulder. If you have psoriatic arthritis (PsA), this membrane may get thick and ...

Through the use of a newly developed needle arthroscope, incisionless and single-incision surgical procedures are possible for repairing certain types of knee and shoulder injuries suggests a series ...

Knee arthroscopy, considered minimally invasive surgery, may lead to increased complications if performed within 9 months of a subsequent total knee arthroplasty (TKA), according to a study presented ...

While researching to write this article for you, I came across an interesting study titled: “Arthroscopy for degenerative knees - a difficult habit to break.” The title of this study is telling, ...

2 Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopedics (FICEBO), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Objectives To assess the long-term effects of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM) on the ...

Objectives To assess the rates and secular trends of different joint arthroscopies—shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle—in Finland between 1997 and 2016. Design Retrospective nationwide ...

Knee arthroscopy is not cost-effective and is strongly discouraged for patients with degenerative knee disease, say authors of a meta-analysis-based practice guideline published May 10 in the BMJ. The ...

The incidence of pediatric knee injuries has been increasing in the last several years due to increased sports participation; in particular, the ACL is the most commonly injured knee ligament. Over ...