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The newly introduced Posterolateral Instability Score (PoLIS) of the knee
Watch the video presented by Prof. Andreas Weiler on the newly introduced Posterolateral Instability Score (PoLIS) of the knee. How do you classify posterolateral instabilities? To read the full-text article go to https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-06044-y
Read MoreArthroscopic iliac crest bone grafting in recurrent anterior shoulder instability: minimum 5-year clinical and radiologic follow-up
Watch this video from the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin presented by Elisabeth Böhm, Marvin Minkus, Philipp Moroder and Markus Scheibel on the mid-term outcomes following arthroscopic iliac crest bone grafting for patients with recurrent anterior shoulder instability. The open access full text article can be found at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-020-05986-7
Read MorePosterior bony Bankart bridge repair technique
The arthroscopic posterior bony Bankart bridge technique leads to reliable postoperative shoulder function and restores shoulder stability with high patient satisfaction and low complication rate in this small patient cohort for the treatment of posterior bony Bankart lesions. Watch the video by by Lucca Lacheta, Brandon Goldenberg, Marilee Horan and
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Journals Methodological Course for Evidence Synthesis in Medicine
The ESSKA Journals, KSSTA and JEO, are offering a ONE-DAY ONLINE Methodological Course for Evidence Synthesis in Medicine. The course discusses the importance of Systematic Reviews for analysing evidence-based medicine in orthopaedics and will help authors improve their knowledge in performing reviews and meta-analyses in a more methodological and standardised
Read MoreBest Papers Awards 2018-19
Confined, not stagnant…we carry on! KSSTA honour our mainstay, our AUTHORS, with the KSSTA Best Papers Awards 2018-19! Among many brilliant studies submitted and accepted in the past 2 years, we would like to present the winners: Christoph Becher et al., Arthroscopic Microfracture vs. Arthroscopic Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis for the
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