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  1. Knee cysts are a common finding in orthopedic practice, with diagnoses that range from benign fluid collections to more complex lesions requiring intervention. This comprehensive review explores the types of c...

    Authors: Mahmod Hasan, Yaron Berkovich, Bilal Sarhan, Yaniv Steinfeld, Eyal Ginesin, Sobhe Hijaze, Ali Sleiman and Yaniv Yonai
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:23
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  2. Double-level knee osteotomy (DLO) is becoming more popular in bifocal (femur and tibia deformities) as it addresses the deformity where it belongs and results in a more physiologic joint line obliquity. This s...

    Authors: Ahmed Mabrouk, Michael Risebury and Sam Yasen
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:22
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  4. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) alters the lower extremity alignment, potentially affecting adjacent joints such as the ankle and subtalar joints. However, the relationship between changes in hindfoot alignment ...

    Authors: Katsuki Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Sakai, Masanori Fujii, Satoshi Takashima, Shuichi Eto, Yosuke Matsumura, Satomi Nagamine and Hirofumi Tanaka
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:20
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  5. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) are widely used to treat knee osteoarthritis. TKA significantly contributes to long-term pain relief and joint function improvement, w...

    Authors: Yu Mori, Kunio Tarasawa, Hidetatsu Tanaka, Masayuki Kamimura, Kento Harada, Naoko Mori, Kiyohide Fushimi, Toshimi Aizawa and Kenji Fujimori
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:19
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  6. Multiligamentous knee injuries (MLKIs), defined as injuries involving at least two of the four primary knee ligaments, are rare but severe, with potentially limb- or life-threatening complications. Despite num...

    Authors: Lucas Martorell de Fortuny, Alexandre Santoli, Vasileios Giovanoulis, Angelo V. Vasiliadis, Simone Perelli, Joan Carles Monllau, Az-Eddine Djebara and Nicolas Pujol
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:18
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  8. We investigated whether the preoperative flexion tear gap (FTG) observed in open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) affects meniscus stability after medial meniscus (MM) posterior root (MMPR) repairs. Furthermor...

    Authors: Masanori Tamura, Takayuki Furumatsu, Takahiro Kitayama, Yusuke Yokoyama, Yuki Okazaki, Koki Kawada and Toshifumi Ozaki
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:16
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  9. We aim to compare the clinical effects of intraarticular leukocyte-poor platelet-rich plasma (LP-PRP) injection with those of intraarticular hyaluronic acid (HA) injection in adult patients with knee osteoarth...

    Authors: Yu-Ning Peng, Yu-Hsiang Peng, Jean-Lon Chen and Carl P. C. Chen
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:15
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  10. The need for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and spinal fusion (SF) for degenerative spine disease (DSD) is increasing. However, it is still unknown if prior SF for DSD impacts outcomes following TKA. This study...

    Authors: Mohammad Daher, Jonathan Liu, Alan H. Daniels, Eric M. Cohen, Valentin Antoci and Mouhanad M. El-Othmani
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:14
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  11. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an established surgical procedure for severe knee osteoarthritis (KOA) that has provided excellent outcomes. While several studies have reported that patients with preoperative...

    Authors: Tatsuru Sonobe, Takuya Nikaido, Miho Sekiguchi, Yoichi Kaneuchi, Tadashi Kikuchi and Yoshihiro Matsumoto
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:13
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  12. Understanding sarcopenia is becoming increasingly important as society ages. This comprehensive review covers the definition, epidemiology, causes, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, management, and future d...

    Authors: Jun Young Chung, Sang-Gyun Kim, Seong Hwan Kim and Cheol Hee Park
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:12
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  13. Population-based differences in knee alignment patterns may impact osteoarthritis (OA) progression. This study compares lower extremity alignment in knee OA between Middle Eastern (UAE) and East Asian (South K...

    Authors: Jisoon Park, Oussama Chaar, Jayakrishnan Narayanakurup, Alamedin Sobhe Abdelsamea Abdelhamead, Du Hyun Ro and Sung Eun Kim
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:11
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  14. An overhang of the tibial component can cause irritation of the surrounding soft tissues, whereas an underhang is associated with risks of tibial bone resorption. It is not well known whether the tapering angl...

    Authors: Yushi Sakamoto, Shinichiro Nakamura, Yugo Morita, Shinichi Kuriyama, Kohei Nishitani, Sayako Sakai, Yuki Shinya and Shuichi Matsuda
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:10
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  15. McMurray’s test is a useful physical examination in determining meniscus tears, yet its sensitivity is only 38–62%. Furthermore, the relationship between degenerative meniscus tears (DMT) and mechanical sympto...

    Authors: Yong Jun Jin, Jae-Young Park, Jun Young Chung, Sujin Noh, Hee-Woong Yun, Sumin Lim and Do Young Park
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:9
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  16. Kinematic alignment (KA) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) aims to restore the patient’s knee to the prearthritic state. The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of using an implant-agnostic, i...

    Authors: James H. Sikes, Drew P. Melancon, Isaac J. Spears, Evan H. Powers and Spencer J. Montgomery
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:8
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  17. Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is one of the most common conditions affecting the knee joint, yet its pathomechanics remain unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate changes in muscle activation a...

    Authors: Byung Sun Choi, Soon Bin Kwon, Sehyeon Jeon, Myeongjun Kim, Yunseo Ku, Du Hyun Ro and Hyuk-Soo Han
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:7
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  18. Authors: Victoria A. Shestakova, Ilya D. Klabukov, Ilya V. Kolobaev, Longfeng Rao, Dmitry A. Atiakshin, Michael A. Ignatyuk, Mikhail E. Krasheninnikov, Bagavdin G. Ahmedov, Sergey A. Ivanov, Peter V. Shegay, Andrey D. Kaprin and Denis S. Baranovskii
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:6
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:42

  19. There are no studies that compare the outcomes and complications of single-versus two-stage revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) after primary ACLR failure. This purpose of this study is t...

    Authors: Anna M. Ifarraguerri, George D. Graham, Alexander B. White, Alexander N. Berk, Kennedy K. Gachigi, Patrick N. Siparsky, David P. Trofa, Dana P. Piasecki, James E. Fleischli and Bryan M. Saltzman
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:5
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most common and detrimental complications of total knee replacement arthroplasty (TKA). Despite extensive efforts, including two-stage reimplantation, to eradicat...

    Authors: Do Weon Lee, Hyuk-Soo Han and Du Hyun Ro
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:4
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  21. Unplanned readmission, a measure of surgical quality, occurs after 4.8% of primary total knee arthroplasties (TKA). Although the prediction of individualized readmission risk may inform appropriate preoperativ...

    Authors: Anirudh Buddhiraju, Michelle Riyo Shimizu, Tony Lin-Wei Chen, Henry Hojoon Seo, Blake M. Bacevich, Pengwei Xiao and Young-Min Kwon
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:3
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  22. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a surgical treatment for knee osteoarthritis associated with lower morbidity compared with total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in patients with isolated unicompartmental k...

    Authors: Suraj A. Dhanjani, Jessica Schmerler, Nauman Hussain, Daniel Badin, Uma Srikumaran, Vishal Hegde and Julius K. Oni
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:2
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  23. Racial/ethnic disparities in access to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) have been extensively demonstrated. Over the past several years, there has been a rapid increase in the utilization of robot-assisted TKA (R...

    Authors: Jessica Schmerler, Victoria E. Bergstein, Whitney Kagabo, Harpal S. Khanuja, Julius K. Oni and Vishal Hegde
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:1
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  24. Nonanatomical anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction occasionally induces ACL failure without an evident injury episode, necessitating revision surgery. Although the in vivo kinematics of ACL deficien...

    Authors: Tomofumi Kage, Shuji Taketomi, Tetsuya Tomita, Takaharu Yamazaki, Ryota Yamagami, Kenichi Kono, Kohei Kawaguchi, Ryo Murakami, Takahiro Arakawa, Takashi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Inui and Sakae Tanaka
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:48
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  25. Patellar tendinopathy, also known as jumper’s knee, can significantly impact the quality of daily life for patients due to the associated pain. A randomized controlled trial was investigated the clinical, sono...

    Authors: Shun-Wun Jhan, Kuan-Ting Wu, Wen-Yi Chou, Po-Cheng Chen, Ching-Jen Wang, Wen-Chiung Huang and Jai-Hong Cheng
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:47
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  26. Body fluid retention after major surgeries, including total knee arthroplasty (TKA), is well documented in the literature. Currently, multimodal pain control protocols consisting of several medications togethe...

    Authors: Parkpoom Somrak, Aree Tanavalee, Srihatach Ngarmukos, Chotetawan Tanavalee, Chavarin Amarase, Nonn Jaruthien and Wirinaree Kampitak
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:46
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  27. Septic arthritis is a rare but devastating complication after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). While early treatment can prevent significant graft complications, outcomes are often inferior to...

    Authors: Ashleigh Peng Lin, Bao Tu Thai Nguyen, Son Quang Tran, Yi-Jie Kuo, Shu-Wei Huang and Yu-Pin Chen
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:45
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  28. Knee arthroscopy is one of the most common procedures performed by orthopedic surgeons. A potentially life-threatening complication following this procedure is deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT prophylaxis can b...

    Authors: Udit Dave, Emma G. Lewis, Victoria K. Ierulli, Shreya M. Saraf and Mary K. Mulcahey
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:44
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  29. This study aimed to investigate the sequential changes in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and the satisfaction rate during long-term follow-up after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

    Authors: Jisu Park, Moon Jong Chang, Tae Woo Kim, Darryl D. D’Lima, Hyunkwon Kim and Hyuk-Soo Han
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:43
    Content type: Review article Published on:

  30. Due to non-vascularized and aneural structure, articular cartilage has limited self-repairing capacity. The aim of this study was to investigate the revitalization of inflammatory injured articular cartilage m...

    Authors: Victoria A. Shestakova, Ilya D. Klabukov, Ilya V. Kolobaev, Longfeng Rao, Dmitry A. Atiakshin, Michael A. Ignatyuk, Mikhail E. Krasheninnikov, Bagavdin G. Ahmedov, Sergey A. Ivanov, Peter V. Shegay, Andrey D. Kaprin and Denis S. Baranovskii
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:42
    Content type: Research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:6

  32. Precise lower limb measurements are crucial for assessing musculoskeletal health; fully automated solutions have the potential to enhance standardization and reproducibility of these measurements. This study c...

    Authors: Louis Lassalle, Nor-Eddine Regnard, Marion Durteste, Jeanne Ventre, Vincent Marty, Lauryane Clovis, Zekun Zhang, Nicolas Nitche, Alexis Ducarouge, Jean-Denis Laredo and Ali Guermazi
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:40
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  34. Preoperative templating is an important step for total knee arthroplasty (TKA), facilitating hospital personnel in the anticipation and preparation of necessary surgical resources. Despite its importance, this...

    Authors: Jaeseok Park, Sung Eun Kim, Back Kim, Sanggyu Lee, Jae-Jun Lee and Du Hyun Ro
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:38
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  35. Research on factors influencing the outcomes of revision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is relatively scarce and mostly relies even on reports from a single group. Understanding the factors co...

    Authors: Hyun-Soo Moon, Min Jung, Chong-Hyuk Choi, Kwangho Chung, Se-Han Jung, Junwoo Byun, Jin-Gyu Kim, Seungmin Lee and Sung-Hwan Kim
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:37
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  36. This retrospective single-center study aimed to investigate incidence and risk factors influencing tibial periprosthetic fractures (TPF) in Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), with a specific focu...

    Authors: Julius Watrinet, Daniel Berger, Philipp Blum, Matthias P. Fabritius, Jörg Arnholdt, Rolf Schipp, Wolfgang Reng and Paul Reidler
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:36
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  37. The ascending or descending extended biplanar tibial cut in open wedge high tibial osteotomy (owHTO) not only changes the lower limb anatomy in the coronal plane but also leads to different three-dimensional (...

    Authors: Maximilian Jörgens, Sonja Ehreiser, Lennart Schroeder, Julius Watrinet, Wolfgang Böcker, Boris Michael Holzapfel, Klaus Radermacher and Julian Fürmetz
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:35
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  38. This study aimed to compare clinical and radiographic outcomes for a new tibial component (Attune S +) and the previous design (Attune S) in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients using ATTUNE® posterior stabi...

    Authors: Kang-Il Kim, Jun-Ho Kim and Kyeonguk Min
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:34
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  39. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging of choice for meniscal extrusion (ME). However, they may underappreciate the load-dependent changes of the meniscus. There is growing evidence that weight-bearin...

    Authors: Khalis Boksh, Duncan E. T. Shepherd, Daniel M. Espino, Jenna Shepherd, Arijit Ghosh, Randeep Aujla and Tarek Boutefnouchet
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:33
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  40. There is a lack of evidence of the diagnosis and treatment-related epidemiological studies of symptomatic discoid meniscus. This study analyzed the national epidemiological data for discoid meniscus in South K...

    Authors: Jin Seong Kim, Jung Hoon Kim, Moon Young Choi, Jeong Ku Ha, Seung Hun Baek and Kyu Sung Chung
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:32
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  41. Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective treatment for advanced osteoarthritis, and achieving optimal outcomes can be challenging due to various influencing factors. Previous research has focused on ident...

    Authors: Sung Eun Kim, Du Hyun Ro, Myung Chul Lee and Hyuk-Soo Han
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:31
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  42. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of anthropometric measurements for two-stranded peroneus longus tendon (PLT) graft thickness using ultrasonography

    Authors: Koray Kaya Kilic, Fırat Dogruoz, Omer Faruk Egerci, Murat Yuncu, Aliekber Yapar and Ozkan Kose
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:30
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  43. Medial soft tissue release is occasionally performed to achieve mediolateral ligament balance in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), whose sequential effect on mediolateral and anteroposterior stability remains unc...

    Authors: Sayako Sakai, Shinichiro Nakamura, Takahiro Maeda, Shinichi Kuriyama, Kohei Nishitani, Yugo Morita, Yugo Morita, Yusuke Yamawaki, Yuki Shinya and Shuichi Matsuda
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:29
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  44. This study aimed to investigate the differences in cement penetration between cementing techniques in total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

    Authors: Yu Okuno, Keita Nagira, Koji Ishida, Haruhisa Kanaya, Ikuta Hayashi, Makoto Enokida and Hideki Nagashima
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:28
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  45. To evaluate the diagnostic characteristics of tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase (WRS) for the diagnosis of septic arthritis of the knee joint and to determine whether it is a reliable and sensitive synovial biomark...

    Authors: Byung Hoon Lee, Young Gon Na, Seong Hyup Ham, Mirim Jin, Yoon Tae Kim, Kyung-Ok Kim and Jae Ang Sim
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:27
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  46. This study aimed to evaluate the femoral tunnel position and fiber length of the anterolateral ligament (ALL) reconstruction compared with the natural anatomy of the ALL. We also evaluated whether the femoral ...

    Authors: Dong Jin Ryu, Seoyeong Kim, Minji Kim, Joo Hwan Kim, Won Jae Kim, Dohyung Lim and Joon Ho Wang
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:26
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  47. Anterior knee pain due to patellar maltracking following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) reduces patients’ satisfaction. This study aimed to determine the patellofemoral pressure (PFP) in patients with favorable...

    Authors: Sanshiro Yasuma, Sakurako Kato, Takuya Usami, Yusuke Hattori, Yuji Joyo, Hiroo Shiraga, Masahiro Nozaki, Hideki Murakami and Yuko Waguri-Nagaya
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:25
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  48. Fine-grained classification deals with data with a large degree of similarity, such as cat or bird species, and similarly, knee osteoarthritis severity classification [Kellgren–Lawrence (KL) grading] is one su...

    Authors: Do Weon Lee, Dae Seok Song, Hyuk-Soo Han and Du Hyun Ro
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:24
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Knee Surgery & Related Research 2025 37:17

  50. Biomechanical changes and neuromuscular adaptations have been suggested as risk factors of secondary injury in individuals after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLr). To achieve a better understand...

    Authors: Komsak Sinsurin, Pongthanayos Kiratisin, Dimas Sondang Irawan, Roongtiwa Vachalathiti and Jim Richards
    Citation: Knee Surgery & Related Research 2024 36:22
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