This is the surgical technique performed in a 36-year-old patient who, after a medial subtotal meniscectomy performed 4 years ago, began with invalidating medial knee pain. In this compartment she developed early osteoarthritis and a varus deviation of 4º. As such, the following surgical techniques were performed: a) FRESH osteochondral transplantation with the Arthrex BioUni [...]
Patellofemoral instability might br a challenge sometimes. Here we present the case of a 31 year old patients who had been operated twice in the previous year. One year ago, he underwent on a tibial tubercle (TT) medialization and medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction. After failure, his surgeons decided to advance the vastus medialis 6 [...]
In cases of contained injuries of the articular cartilage of the knee, many treatment's alternatives can be considered. Some involve 2 surgical procedures. A technique that can be performed in a single surgery is the use of scaffolds that help the different products that are combined to stay in the injury space without getting leaked [...]
This is the case of a 32-year-old patient who had had 6 previous meniscal surgeries including a meniscal transplantation 13 years earlier. She presented with invalidating pain, and she was unable to perform activities of daily living. She use to need strong pain killers as well as crutches, since she had had a motorcycle accident [...]
On the night of Thursday, July 23 in Mexico, and at dawn on Friday, July 24 in Spain, Doctor Gelber gave a new claimed. In this time, on a webinar organized by FEMECOT, the Mexican Federation of Orthopedic and Traumatology Colleges. The webinar topic was on reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament. In particular, Dr. [...]
The most controversial topics on meniscal repair and transplantation, in an intense debate between Dr. Jorge Chahla, from Rush University, Chicago, and Dr. Pablo Gelber, from ICATME-Dexeus and Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona. The topics both experts discussed about were: Radial Meniscal Tears: Should They Be Repaired? Meniscal sutures: Should biology be enhanced? Meniscal Sutures: [...]
ACL reconstruction is one of the most frequent surgeries in sports injuries. There are numerous surgical alternatives, which depend on the patient, his/her expectations, age, sports activity, gender, anatomical characteristics, laxity, and surgeon preferences. Dr. Gelber, world-reference in knee surgery, share his preferred technique in this video. Specifically, he uses a 100% anatomical technique, with [...]
Proper preparation of an autologous hamstring graft or any soft-tissue graft is a key step during anterior cruciate ligament surgery. In this video you can see the two alternatives that Doctor Gelber uses, with the Conmed's innovative Infinity adjustable cortical fixation system: 1) When it is fixed on the tibial side with an interference screw [...]
Combined knee instabilities can be a difficult challenge to diagnose and treat. It has been usually said that an anterolateral and a posterolateral instability work in an opposite direction and it is not possible to solve both in the same patient, having to choose the one that was believed to be more relevant. However, there [...]
On these days of confinement, Dr. Gelber is highly required to share his knowledge with other professionals around the world. In this post we share the different webinars (webinars) that he has been developing. In the first, requested and organized by the Arthroscopy Academy in Mumbai, India, he spoke about multiligamentary injuries with Dr. Manuel [...]
