Hiroyuki Kan, Yuji Arai, Shuji Nakagawa, Hiroaki Inoue, Kunio Hara, Ginjiro Minami, Atsuo Inoue, Hitoshi Kanamura, Kazuya Ikoma, Hiroyoshi Fujiwara, Toshikazu Kubo
PURPOSE: This study was designed to evaluate the characteristics of patients with medial plica syndrome and associated cartilage damage. METHODS: The study subjects included 44 patients with 57 knees arthroscopically diagnosed with medial plica syndrome. Subjects were divided into those with severe cartilage damage, defined as International Cartilage Research Society (ICRS) stage 2 or higher, and those with mild cartilage damage, defined as ICRS stage 1 or lower...
December 2015: International Orthopaedics