Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Used on Patients With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury.

Patient-reported knee-related rating scores and scales are widely used in reporting the clinical outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery. Understanding the psychometric properties of such measures is vital to recognizing the limitations that such measures may confer. The aim of this study was to review the available evidence as to the psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in ACL surgery.

Relationship Between Timing of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Chondral Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: After anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, the optimal timing of ACL reconstruction and the influence of this timing on chondral damage remain unclear.

Purpose: To assess the effect of timing of ACL reconstruction on the presence of chondral injuries via a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Study Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis; Level of evidence, 4.

Use of tourniquet does not increase serum concentration of inflammatory mark-ers following total knee arthroplasty during the first 24 postoperative hours.

Background: The literature on the systemic inflammatory reaction following tourniquet-induced ischemia and reperfusion in elective orthopedic surgery is limited.

Methods: This prospective comparative study compared the levels of clinically relevant cytokines and peripheral blood counts and major complications in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with or without a tourniquet during the first postoperative day. Forty-three patients undergoing primary TKA for degenerative osteoarthritis were divided into two groups; 21 patients were operated on using (TG group) and 22 (NTG group) without using a tourniquet.