Sports surgery for sports injuries
Sports injuries in figures According to the Health Barometer 2000, nearly half the French population (44%) reported having played a sport over the past seven days, but we do not all exercise in the same way. .
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Find the latest news from Dr Philippe Paillard, orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip, elbow, knee, ankle and shoulder surgery.
Total knee replacement: the right choice ?
When is the right time to choose a total knee replacement ? A total knee replacement consists in implanting three artificial components (tibial, femoral and patellar), which will replace the damaged parts of .
Total hip replacement : one hundred years of research !
The first total hip replacement and its ancestors At the start of the XXth century, two types of hip damage led researchers in orthopaedic surgery to search for a hip implant. The first, femoral neck fracture.
Meniscal tears : diagnosis, causes and treatment
Diagnosis of meniscal tears Painful knees, often swollen, blocking suddenly in certain positions, a catching sensation in the knee, are all signs indicating a meniscal tear. Symptoms vary from patient to patien.
Tendinopathies : Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy to the rescue !
PRP, when the body supplies its own healing factors… Many patients who suffer from tendinopathies, whether it is simple tendinitis – the famous tennis elbow, for example – or a ruptured tendon, can attest that .
Elbow osteoarthritis : diagnosis, causes and treatment
Symptoms and diagnosis Much rarer than osteoarthritis affecting the weight-bearing joints (knee and hip), elbow osteoarthritis generally affects younger subjects. This disease, tolerated better in the case of t.
Shoulder osteoarthritis : diagnosis, causes and treatment
Shoulder osteoarthritis: symptoms and diagnosis Shoulder osteoarthritis, also called omarthritis, is much less common than osteoarthritis of the knee or hip, and is generally tolerated better as it does not a.
Hip osteoarthritis : diagnosis, causes and treatment
Coxarthrosis : initial symptoms and progression Pain is generally one of the first signs in the diagnosis of hip osteoarthritis, or coxarthrosis. This pain can be felt in the groin, and sometimes the buttock .
Knee osteoarthritis : diagnosis, causes and treatment
Knee osteoarthritis : from the first signs to disability It all begins with joint pain that flares up when playing certain sports, going up or down stairs, and sometimes just walking. The medical examination .