Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019 Apr 13. Epub 2019 Apr 13.
Purpose: To assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) after meniscal injury and subsequent meniscectomy.
Methods: Systematic review of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis.
Knee Ultrasonography to Determine Risk for Noncontact Injuries in Collegiate American Football Players.
Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Background: This study was conducted with the objective of finding out the correlation between synovial inflammation measured histopathologically and subjective symptoms; anxiety and chronic pain, in knee osteoarthritis (OA).
J Orthop 2019 May-Jun;16(3):224-229. Epub 2019 Feb 28.
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Via Alvaro Del Portillo, 200, 00128, Trigoria, Rome, Italy.
Background: Biomechanical studies have demonstrated that single bundle (SB) anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (SB-ACLr), which represents the gold standard for the management of ACL lesions, is not sufficient to completely restore the rotational stability and resistance to valgus stress of the knee.
Purpose: To evaluate the failure rate and patients reported outcomes at a long-term follow-up of double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (DB-ACLr).
Department of Orthopaedics, HOSMAT Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Repair Augmentation of Unstable, Complete Vertical Meniscal Tears With Bone Marrow Venting Procedure: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled Study.
Department of Musculoskeletal Trauma Surgery and Orthopaedics, Postgraduate Center for Medical Education, Professor A. Gruca Teaching Hospital, Otwock, Poland.
Purpose: To compare the effectiveness and safety of meniscal repair in 2 groups of patients: meniscal repair with biological augmentation using a bone marrow venting procedure (BMVP) of the intercondylar notch versus meniscal repair only.
Pullout repair using modified Mason-Allen suture induces better meniscal healing and superior clinical outcomes: A comparison between two surgical methods.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
No safe zone: The anatomy of the saphenous nerve and its posteromedial branches.
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis diagnosed within 5 years following ACL reconstruction.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019 Mar 18. Epub 2019 Mar 18.
Department of Kinesiology, University of Virginia, 210 Emmet St So, PO Box 400407, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA.
Purpose: The purpose was to calculate the incidence of osteoarthritis in individuals following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction (ACLR) in a large, national database and to examine the risk factors associated with OA development.
Meniscal allograft transplantation in the paediatric population: early referral is justified.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019 Feb 28. Epub 2019 Feb 28.
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK.
Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy vs Physical Therapy for Nonobstructive Meniscal Tears-Reply.
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, OLVG Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy vs Physical Therapy for Nonobstructive Meniscal Tears.
Inselspital University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Editorial Commentary: A Stitch in Time May Save the Meniscus…but Not the Articular Cartilage?
Arthroscopy 2019 Feb 22. Epub 2019 Feb 22.
Long-term Results After Repair of Isolated Meniscal Tears Among Patients Aged 18 Years and Younger: An 18-Year Follow-up Study.
Am J Sports Med 2019 Mar 25;47(4):799-806. Epub 2019 Feb 25.
Background:: Meniscal repair is desirable over resection to prevent postmeniscectomy arthritis, especially among young and active patients. However, long-term data are currently lacking following isolated meniscal repair, particularly in the pediatric population.
Alterations in Synovial Fluid Biomarker Levels in Knees With Meniscal Injury as Compared With Asymptomatic Contralateral Knees.
Am J Sports Med 2019 Mar 20;47(4):847-856. Epub 2019 Feb 20.
Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.
Background:: Changes in the joint microenvironment after an injury to the articular surface of the knee have been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. While prior studies focused on changes in this microenvironment after anterior cruciate ligament ruptures, few have explored the biomarker changes that occur in the setting of meniscal injuries.
Local Administration of Magnesium Promotes Meniscal Healing Through Homing of Endogenous Stem Cells: A Proof-of-Concept Study.
Am J Sports Med 2019 Mar 20;47(4):954-967. Epub 2019 Feb 20.
Department of Orthopaedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Background:: Although many strategies have been developed to modify the biological and biomechanical environment of the meniscal suture repair to improve the chances of healing, the failure rates remain high. Thus, new methods to promote meniscal regeneration and repair are needed.
Evaluating the risk of popliteal artery injury in the all-inside meniscus repair based on the location of posterior meniscal lesions.
Location of the Popliteal Artery in Knee Extension on Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with concomitant meniscal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2019 Feb 4. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
One-Third of Meniscal Tears Are Repairable: An Epidemiological Study Evaluating Meniscal Tear Patterns in Stable and Unstable Knees.
Arthroscopy 2019 Mar 29;35(3):857-863. Epub 2019 Jan 29.
Clínica Espejo, Málaga, Spain; Hospital Vithas Parque San Antonio, Málaga, Spain.
Purpose: To analyze, in a long series of patients with knee injuries, the meniscal tear patterns in both stable and unstable knees to ascertain the exact proportion of such injuries that could have been repaired.
J Knee Surg 2019 Jan 18. Epub 2019 Jan 18.
Focus Clinic Orthopedic Surgery, Haaglanden Medical Center, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
Risk Factors for Lateral Meniscus Posterior Root Tears in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament-Injured Knee: An Epidemiological Analysis of 3956 Patients From the SANTI Study Group.
Am J Sports Med 2019 Mar 16;47(3):598-605. Epub 2019 Jan 16.
Centre Orthopédique Santy, FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz, Groupe Ramsay-Generale de Santé, Lyon, France.
Background:: Lateral meniscus posterior root tears (LMPRTs) result in loss of hoop forces and significant increases in tibiofemoral contact pressures. Preoperative imaging lacks reliability; therefore, holding an appropriate index of suspicion, based on the epidemiology of and risk factors for LMPRT, may reduce the rate of missed diagnoses.
Establishing Clinically Significant Outcomes After Meniscal Allograft Transplantation.
Orthop J Sports Med 2019 Jan 4;7(1):2325967118818462. Epub 2019 Jan 4.
Background: Traditionally, the primary outcome in meniscal allograft transplantation (MAT) has been long-term survivorship; however, short-term clinically significant outcomes are necessary to fully evaluate patient improvement after surgery.
Purpose: To (1) establish the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) and patient acceptable symptomatic state (PASS) with respect to patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and (2) evaluate preoperative and intraoperative variables correlated with achieving these threshold values.
Functional Outcome and Incidence of Osteoarthritis in Operated Tibial Plateau Fractures.
Research performed at Pramukhswami Medical College and Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad, Anand, India.
Background: In the challenging tibial condyle fractures despite anatomical joint reconstruction, development of osteoarthritis may still occur secondary to the initial articular cartilage and meniscal injury. The aim of the study was to know incidence of osteoarthritis in our operated cases of tibial plateau fracture and to evaluate functional outcome.
Introduction of an MR-based semi-quantitative score for assessing partial meniscectomy and relation to knee joint degenerative disease: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Musculoskeletal and Quantitative Imaging Research Group, Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, University of California San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA.
Objectives: To develop an MR-based semi-quantitative meniscus scoring technique for postoperative assessment of the degree of meniscal resection, to test its reproducibility, and to study the relationship between the amount of resection and degenerative disease burden.
Editorial Commentary: How to Treat the Overweight Pediatric Patient.