Rachel M. Frank, MD (Denver, CO), shares tips and pearls for osteochondral defects. In this video, Dr. Frank demonstrates how to optimize the osteochondral allograft position using the "OCA SutureTape slide."
Paul E. Caldwell, MD (Richmond, VA), demonstrates a surgical pearl to match donor and recipient sites during a BioUni® OATS® osteochondral allograft transplant to optimize articular surface topography.
Paul E. Caldwell, MD (Richmond, VA), demonstrates tips for safe and efficient patient positioning during a BioUni® osteochondral allograft transplant.
Paul E. Caldwell, MD (Richmond, VA), demonstrates a quick tip for readjusting graft implantation during a BioUni® OATS® procedure.
Mark D. Campbell, MD (Phoenix, AZ), demonstrates a tip of removing patellar osteophytes to increase exposure and access to the femoral condyle during UKA.
Mark D. Campbell, MD (Phoenix, AZ), demonstrates a tip for levering the patellar tendon to improve exposure during unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.
Thomas M. DeBerardino, MD (San Antonio, TX), shares tips and pearls for fixation of a traumatic patellar osteochondral lesion using Knotless FiberTak® suture anchors.
Travis G. Maak, MD (Salt Lake City, UT), demonstrates a tip for safely using a flexible reamer to drill ACL tunnels and efficiently clear bony debris for optimal, easily visualized tunnel creation.
Brian B. Gilmer, MD (Mammoth Lakes, CA), demonstrates a quick tip on templating the harvest of a quadriceps tendon autograft for an ACL reconstruction.
Thomas M. DeBerardino, MD (San Antonio, TX), shares surgical tips and pearls for improving success in using fresh osteochondral allografts, including canaliculization for marrow element washout and to increase the surface contact of the platelet-rich plasma (PRP).
Gregory S. DiFelice, MD (New York, NY), shares a surgical pearl for confirming optimal tunnel placement when using the FlipCutter® III drill during all-inside ACL reconstruction surgery.
Peter Kung, MD (Longview, WA), demonstrates a quick tip on how to look up the femoral socket and directly visualize the TightRope® RT implant femoral button flipping on the femoral cortex during an all-inside ACL reconstruction.
Patrick A. Smith, MD (Columbia, MO), demonstrates a cadaveric all-inside meniscus repair using the Meniscal Cinch™ II system.
Frank A. Cordasco, MD (New York, NY), demonstrates an iliotibial band tenodesis procedure using TightRope® device fixation on a patient with anterior lateral rotatory instability of the right knee.
Travis G. Maak, MD (Salt Lake City, UT), demonstrates a tip for using a femoral head allograft to graft ACL tunnels for revision surgery.
Aaron J. Krych, MD (Rochester, MN), demonstrates a surgical pearl for increasing access to and visualization of the posterior medial compartment during meniscal repair.
Chad D. Lavender, MD (Scott Depot, WV), demonstrates a tip for using the NanoScope™ system to help safely and efficiently prepare the tibial footprint of the PCL during a combined ACL and PCL reconstruction.
J. Lee Pace, MD (Plano, TX), demonstrates a surgical pearl for avoiding the convergence of ACL and ALL femoral tunnels when performing concomitant ACL and ALL reconstruction procedures.
J. Lee Pace, MD (Plano, TX), demonstrates a quick tip on how to use the subsemimembranosus approach for improved retractor positioning during an inside-out meniscal repair.
This video discusses the fundamentals of knee arthroscopy, reviews intra-articular anatomic structures, and describes intraoperative considerations to maximize safety and efficiency during knee arthroscopy.
Armando F. Vidal, MD (Vail, CO), demonstrates a posterolateral corner reconstruction using the FiberTag® TightRope® implant. The InternalBrace surgical technique is intended only to augment the primary repair/reconstruction by expanding the area of tissue approximation during the healing period and...
George F. Rick Hatch III, MD (Los Angeles, CA), discusses the rationale for performing an all-inside technique for posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (PCL) and highlights OR and surgical tips and pearls for safely performing the procedure.
Armando F. Vidal, MD (Vail, CO), presents biomechanical data and patient outcomes for medial collateral ligament (MCL) repair and reconstruction. Dr. Vidal also outlines the benefits of adding SutureTape augmentation to these techniques.
This video provides an overview of the decision-making process for surgical intervention as it relates to various meniscal pathologies.
