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2. Patella fracture - Wikipedia

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   Patella fracture. Based on symptom, confirmed with X-rays. [3] A patella fracture is a break of the kneecap. [1] Symptoms include pain, swelling, and bruising to the front of the knee. [1] A person may also be unable to walk. [1] Complications may include injury to the tibia, femur, or knee ligaments. [2]

3. Tibial plateau fracture - Wikipedia

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   A tibial plateau fracture is a break of the upper part of the tibia (shinbone) that involves the knee joint. [1] This could involve the medial, lateral, central, or bicondylar (medial and lateral). [3] Symptoms include pain, swelling, and a decreased ability to move the knee. [1] People are generally unable to walk. [2]

4. Microfracture surgery - Wikipedia

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   Microfracture surgery. Left knee-joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. (Lateral meniscus and medial meniscus are cartilage.) Microfracture surgery is an articular cartilage repair surgical technique that works by creating tiny fractures in the underlying bone. This causes new cartilage to develop from a so-called super-clot.

5. Segond fracture - Wikipedia

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   Segond fracture is typically the result of abnormal varus, or "bowing", stress to the knee, combined with internal rotation of the tibia. Reverse Segond fracture, as its name suggests, is caused by abnormal valgus, or "knock-knee", stress and external rotation. [citation needed] Originally thought to be a result of avulsion of the medial third ...

6. Reduction (orthopedic surgery) - Wikipedia

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   Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Joint dislocation in the DIP of the third finger before (left images) and after (right images) reduction. ICD-9-CM. 79. [edit on Wikidata] Reduction is a surgical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

7. Orthopedic surgery - Wikipedia

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   Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. [1] Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital ...