the menisci serve to deepen the surface of the tibial plateau. The menisci are crescents roughly triangular in cross section, covering one half to two thirds of the articular surface of the ...

Pettigrew quoted his mentor John Goodsir: “The peculiar spiral attitudes into which the human body can be thrown are explained by the spiral curve of the vertebral articular surfaces ...

Shelbourne and Gray [1] have shown that 97% of knees with a normal meniscus and articular surface at the time of ... graft that was augmented in the tibial and femoral tunnels with a bone graft ...

1 Division of Sports Medicine and Non-Operative Orthopaedics, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA 2 Departments of Pediatrics and ...

1) The central osteotomy plane is located 5.0 cm below the medial articular surface of the tibial plateau, directed towards below the lateral articular surface of the tibia plateau by 1.5 cm, and ...

Nature has developed a protective layer at the ends of bones in the joint that come in contact with each other that is known as articular ... surfaces of ends of bones articulating with each other in ...

In anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and uninjured contralateral knees, the patella articulates higher on the femoral trochlea due primarily to a longer patellar tendon compared with ...

Other questions include whether an intra-articular reconstruction should be ... Achilles tendon or fascia lata and places it through a tibial drill hole and over the top of the femur.

The 12 hour Surface Analysis map shows current weather conditions, including frontal and high/low pressure positions, satellite infrared (IR) cloud cover, and areas of precipitation. A surface ...

Wear is reduced by improving contact area and reducing contact stress in all articular surfaces. All articular surfaces are polished, including the proximal tibia. A nondegrading form of ...