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DEFINITION Achilles tendon ruptures usually occur 3 to 4 cm above the calcaneal tuberosity. Although most inj…
DEFINITION Pronation injuries of the ankle joint complex may result in a partial or complete disruption of th…
DEFINITION Large osteochondral defects of the talar dome, typically involving the talar shoulder (transition …
DEFINITION AND INTRODUCTION Patrick Haglund in 1928 described an enlarged posterior border of the os calcis. …
DEFINITION Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is described as a focal, idiopathic alteration of subchondral bone…
DEFINITION Quadriceps tendon ruptures result in disruption of the fibers of this tendon, thereby disrupting t…
DEFINITION Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) was first described by Brittberg et al 2 in 1994 in whic…
DEFINITION Osteochondral autograft “plug” transfer is a technique for treating full-thickness, localized arti…
DEFINITION Osteochondral lesion of the talus (OLT) may cause significant pain and mechanical symptoms in the …
DEFINITION Patellar instability in children and adolescents usually involves an episode of complete dislocati…
DEFINITION Lateral ankle injuries are among the most common musculoskeletal injuries in the athletic populati…
DEFINITION The term osteochondral lesion of the talus (OLT) refers to any pathology of the talar articular ca…
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