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Rehabilitation After Arthroscopy: What You Need to Know
After joint arthroscopy, it is necessary to restore movement, weight-bearing ability, muscle strength, and the capacity to tolerate everyday activity.
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Shoulder and Arm Pain: Causes and Treatment
The shoulder has a wide range of motion, which makes it particularly sensitive to injuries, overuse, and inflammatory changes.
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Intra-Articular Injections: Indications and Risks
Intra-articular injections are a common treatment option for joint pain. They may provide relatively rapid relief, improve mobility, and help a person return to everyday activities.
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Ankylosing Spondylitis: What It Is, Symptoms, and Diagnosis
Ankylosing spondylitis, also known as Bechterew’s disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition that affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. Over time, it can limit mobility and significantly affect quality of life.
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Osteoarthritis of the Joints: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease of the entire joint in which the articular cartilage gradually deteriorates, bone tissue changes, and the surrounding joint structures function less effectively.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms and Rheumatoid Factor
Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects the joints, tendon sheaths, and other tissues throughout the body.
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De Quervain’s Disease: Symptoms and Treatment Methods
De Quervain’s disease, also known as De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, is a condition affecting the first extensor compartment of the wrist. The thumb tendons pass through a narrowed tunnel and begin to glide with pain.
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Hygroma: Causes and Effective Treatment
A hygroma is a superficial, bony formation near a joint or tendon canal that most often appears on the hand, wrist, or fingers.
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Trigger Finger (Stenosing Tenosynovitis)
Stenosing ligamentitis disrupts the normal gliding of the finger tendon and gradually makes the usual hand movements more difficult. At first, a person feels stiffness, then a painful clicking appears, and at later stages the finger becomes fixed in a bent position.
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Why Does a Finger Hurt: Main Causes and Treatment
Pain in the finger appears after injury, overload, inflammation or compression of the nerve. The symptom itself does not indicate one specific problem, because the source of discomfort can be a joint, tendons, ligaments, nerve or surrounding soft tissues.
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Joint Contracture: Causes, Symptoms, Types, and Treatment Methods
Joint contracture is a persistent decrease in range of motion due to changes in the soft tissues and other structures around the joint. This condition interferes with everyday activities and can significantly worsen quality of life.
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Can You Run with Osteoarthritis?
When running with arthrosis is possible, in which cases it is strictly not recommended, and what alternatives should be considered in order to maintain movement without harm to the joints - says Vasily Mellen, orthopedic surgeon and traumatologist of Mashtaler Ortho&Trauma Clinic.
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What Are Compression Stockings?
When people think about treatment of the musculoskeletal system, they usually imagine surgery, fixation, and exercise. However, there is another component that works almost unnoticed while significantly affecting the recovery process: compression stockings.
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#knee
Rehabilitation and Life After Hip Replacement
The pain that caused sleepless nights, restricted movement, and changed daily habits disappears. In the first days after surgery, patients notice that it becomes easier to stand up and sit down. It is a relief to stop thinking about every step.
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Innovative Bikini Approach for Hip Replacement Surgery
Bikini approach is a relatively new, minimally invasive method that is distinguished by its delicacy, less trauma and expressive aesthetics.
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Donor Meniscus Transplantation
This is an important milestone, as the procedure has been performed only eight times in Ukraine.
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear
The anterior cruciate ligament connects the femur and the tibia, helping stabilize the knee during bending, pivoting, and walking.
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Super Inductive System
Super Inductive System (also known as High-Intensity Magnetotherapy) is a modern, effective, and safe method of pain treatment that works without invasive intervention.
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Donor Meniscus Transplantation

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Surgeon Roman Mashtaler Presents a Donor Meniscus

Mashtaler Ortho&Trauma Medical Center became the first medical facility in Western Ukraine to perform a donor meniscus transplantation. This is an important milestone, as the procedure has been performed only eight times in Ukraine.

How the Need for Transplantation Arose

A patient who came to our clinic had suffered a serious knee injury while skiing several years earlier, which had not been properly treated. His anterior cruciate ligament was damaged, and his meniscus was almost completely destroyed. As the meniscus lost its ability to function normally, the load on the joint increased, leading to progressive cartilage damage and severe knee pain. The only effective way to restore knee function was a donor meniscus transplantation.

The Course of Treatment

The operation lasted approximately three hours and was completed without complications. Arthroscopic guidance throughout the procedure helped minimize trauma to the surrounding tissues. The donor meniscus was supplied by the Ukrainian bioimplant manufacturer Probones.

The patient has already begun rehabilitation, and according to the medical team, the recovery is progressing well.

Common Causes of Meniscus Injury

Meniscus injuries are most often associated with significant knee trauma. They commonly occur during sports such as football or skiing, as in our patient's case. However, a meniscus tear may also develop without a specific injury as a result of degenerative changes within the meniscal tissue. With age, the meniscus becomes increasingly susceptible to injury.

The more severe and longstanding the damage, the more extensive the required surgical treatment—from meniscus repair or partial meniscectomy to complete removal. In our patient's case, the meniscus was almost completely destroyed, making donor transplantation the best option for restoring knee function.

Who Needs a Meniscus Transplant?

This treatment is generally recommended for patients under the age of 55 with severe, often irreversible, meniscus damage that causes persistent pain during physical activity.

The Importance of Meniscus Transplantation for Ukrainian Medicine

This achievement represents more than just a new treatment option in orthopedics. It offers real hope to patients who previously had few options to reduce the risk of developing post-traumatic osteoarthritis and eventually requiring joint replacement surgery. Replacing a damaged meniscus helps preserve knee joint function, which is especially important for people who lead active lifestyles.

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