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Conditions library

One article per condition, written at every level

Each article carries the same injury at seven depths, then imaging, treatment, rehabilitation, the controversies and the references. Choose the condition, then choose your depth.

Build status. ACL injury is written as the template article and is with a consultant for review. The rest are written in syllabus order, and none publishes without consultant sign off.

Browse by structure

The same library serves every tier. A patient and a fellow read the same article and open it at a different depth.

Ligament

  • ACL injury
    The template article. Seven depths, imaging, treatment, rehabilitation and the open questions.
  • PCL injury
    Mechanism, grading, and why most are managed without surgery.
  • MCL injury
    Grading, the role of bracing and when the medial side needs reconstruction.
  • Posterolateral corner
    The injury that fails cruciate reconstructions when it is missed.

Meniscus and cartilage

  • Meniscal tears
    Traumatic against degenerate, what repair needs, and root tears.
  • Cartilage defects
    Assessment, the restoration options and what each one can achieve.

Joint and bone

  • Osteoarthritis
    Load and tolerance, the non surgical options and the surgical thresholds.
  • Inflammatory arthritis
    Recognising it, and how management differs from wear.
  • Tumours and infection
    The presentations that must not be missed.

Particular groups

  • Patellofemoral instability
    Anatomy, risk factors and the reconstruction options.
  • Children's knee
    Growing knees, growth plates and the paediatric specific diagnoses.
  • Women's knee health
    Why risk differs, and what the evidence does and does not show.
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