Publications by authors named "Agustin Bertona"
The high recurrence rates seen in open and arthroscopic Bankart repair in the presence of significant glenoid bone loss, Hill-Sachs lesions, or combined bony deficiencies have led many surgeons to choose bony reconstructions to manage these injuries. Although the Latarjet procedure has proved to be reliable to manage recurrent anterior shoulder instability, there have been concerns of a higher surgical complication rate associated with this procedure. Moreover, some of the complications reported with this procedure such as symptomatic implants, fracture or nonunion of the coracoid graft, and recurrence of instability could need a revision surgery to be solved.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To analyze clinical outcomes, return to sports, and complications in a series of patients with painful partial-thickness rotator cuff tears treated with arthroscopic in situ repair with suture anchors who had a minimum of 8 years of follow-up.
Methods: Sixty-two patients who had undergone an arthroscopic in situ repair for partial-thickness rotator cuff tears were evaluated. All injuries involved the supraspinatus tendon.
Background: The literature lacks evidence comparing outcomes between the Latarjet procedure performed as a primary procedure versus a revision procedure in competitive athletes.
Purpose: To compare return to sport, functional outcomes, and complications of the modified Latarjet performed as a primary or revision procedure in competitive athletes.
Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.
Purpose: To evaluate return to sport, clinical outcomes, and complications in a series of athletes with painful partial-thickness rotator cuff tears treated with the arthroscopic in situ repair with a minimum 2-year follow-up.
Methods: Retrospective case series. Seventy-two patients who had undergone an arthroscopic in situ repair for partial-thickness rotator cuff tears were evaluated.
The optimal management of recurrent anterior shoulder instability with significant glenoid bone loss continues to be a challenge. The high recurrence rates seen in arthroscopic Bankart repair in the presence of significant glenoid bone loss have led many surgeons to choose bony reconstructions to manage these injuries. The Latarjet procedure acts through the combination of 3 different mechanisms: the coracoid bone graft restores and extends the glenoid articular arc, the conjoint tendon acts as a dynamic sling on the inferior subscapularis and anteroinferior capsule when the arm is abducted and externally rotated, and the effect of repairing the capsule to the stump of the coracoacromial ligament.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To analyze time to return to sport, functional outcomes, and recurrences of the modified Latarjet procedure without capsulolabral repair in athletes with recurrent anterior shoulder instability after a failed previous operative stabilization.
Methods: We included athletes with recurrent anterior shoulder instability with a previous failed operative stabilization treated with the modified Latarjet procedure without capsulolabral repair with a minimum of 2-year follow-up. Return to sports, range of motion, the Rowe score, a visual analog scale for pain in sport activity, and the Athletic Shoulder Outcome Scoring System were used to assess functional outcomes.
Background: The optimal management of recurrent anterior shoulder instability with significant glenoid bone loss in high-demand collision athletes remains a challenge.
Purpose: To analyze the time to return to sport, clinical outcomes, and recurrences following a modified Latarjet procedure without capsulolabral repair in rugby players with recurrent anterior shoulder instability and significant glenoid bone loss.
Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.
Background: The high demands to the glenohumeral joint and the violent shoulder blows experienced during martial arts (MA) could compromise return to sports and increase the recurrence rate after arthroscopic stabilization for anterior shoulder instability in these athletes.
Purpose: To report the functional outcomes, return to sports, and recurrences in a series of MA athletes with anterior shoulder instability treated with arthroscopic stabilization with suture anchors.
Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.
Purpose: To evaluate functional outcomes and complications in a consecutive group of patients with partial bursal rotator cuff tears (PBRCTs) treated with insitu repair without acromioplasty.
Methods: Seventy-four patients who had undergone an arthroscopic single row in situ repair for bursal-sided rotator cuff tears were evaluated. Clinical assessment consisted of glenohumeral range of motion measurement, the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, and the University of California at Los Angeles score.
Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes and complications in a series of patients with painful partial articular cuff tears treated with the arthroscopic transtendinous repair with a minimum 2-year follow-up.
Methods: Eighty patients with a mean age of 51 ± 5.4 years who had undergone an arthroscopic transtendon repair for a painful articular-sided rotator cuff tear with a minimum of 2-year follow-up were contacted.
Background: Hip arthroscopy treatment in patients with osteoarthritis is controversial.
Hypothesis/purpose: To systematically review the clinical outcome of patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) treated with arthroscopy and what proportion of these patients subsequently underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA).
Study Design: Systematic review.
Background: Recent prospective randomized trials support primary plate fixation of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures. However, the safety and efficacy of this practice have not been well documented in athletes, nor has the time to return-to-sport.
Purpose: To analyze the time to return-to-sport, functional outcomes, and complications in a group of athletes with displaced midshaft clavicle fractures treated using precontoured locking plates.