Repairing Meniscus Tears
One of the common causes of sudden knee pain is a meniscus tear. The meniscus is a crescent shaped piece of fibro-cartilage inside the knee joint. Each knee has 2 menisci – a medial meniscus and a lateral meniscus. The medial meniscus is C-shaped whereas the lateral meniscus is more semicircular shaped. Both are composed of fibrocartilage with bony … Read more
Allograft ACL Reconstructions
Allografts refers to human tissues from another person. For a sports surgeon like myself, the common allografts used are tendon allografts for knee ligament reconstructions. Tendon allografts are commonly used by me for ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstructions. My first choice graft is still the patient’s own hamstring tendons. For various reasons, some patients may … Read more
Discoid Meniscus – What To Do If It Is Torn?
Discoid lateral meniscus is a variant of a normal meniscus. People may be born with this. A normal lateral meniscus is crescent moon-shaped while a discoid lateral meniscus looks like a disc ie round. It is commonly found in the lateral meniscus. Discoid medial meniscus can occur as well but is rare in my experience. … Read more
What Happens When A Meniscus Tear is Neglected?
Meniscus is the shock absorption pads inside the knee joints. We have 2 of them in each knee. They are called the medial meniscus and the lateral meniscus. Studies have shown that the medial meniscus absorbs 50% of the medial knee joint load while the lateral meniscus absorbs 70% of the lateral knee joint load. … Read more
Dr HC Chang was interviewed by Channel News Asia (CNA) on Partial Knee Replacement
Dr Chang was interviewed by Channel News Asia on knee pain from osteoarthritis. This interview included a happy patient who underwent partial knee replacement surgery. Click below to watch the clips. For more information on partial knee replacement or total knee replacment for knee osteoarthritis, please contact Dr HC Chang at 683 666 36 or … Read more
Partial Knee Replacement for Painful Knee
A partial knee replacement for a painful knee can be very satisfying to both the patient and the surgeon. Mdm Tan presented with progressive right knee pain of 3 months’ duration. She was mobile and independent prior to that and the pain became so severe that she had to come to see me in a … Read more
A Chance in a Lifetime to Help an Olympic Medalist
Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (Russian: Иван Александрович Скобрев) (born February 8, 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater who specialises in allround. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5,000 meters as well as the silver medal in the 10,000 meters. Winter olympic speed skater Ivan Skobrev … Read more
Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Posterior Cruciate Ligament – What it is, what it does, how does it get injured and what happens next….. The centre part of the knee joint is made up of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL). The anterior cruciate ligament is well known and injuries have been seen in famous footballers such … Read more
Persistent Pain After Ankle Sprain – Think of Talus OCL
Inversion sprain of the ankle joint is very common. Most of the time the pain resolves and one can resume normal sporting activities. However, in some people. the pain may not totally go away. There are 2 common causes of persistent pain that just simply won’t go away after an ankle inversion sprain. The first … Read more
Shoulder Dislocation
The shoulder joint is the most commonly dislocated joint in the body. This is because of lack of bony stability. Some fast facts about shoulder dislocation: 50% of all dislocations 95% of all shoulder dislocations come out anteriorly 85% caused by trauma recur i.e. will dislocate again Following a traumatic shoulder anterior dislocation, certain pathologies … Read more
