Surgical Results of Chronic Distal Biceps Ruptures: A Systematic Review.

Background: Distal biceps tendon tears can cause weakness and fatigue with activities requiring elbow flexion and supination. Surgical management of chronic tears (>21 days) is not well described in the literature.

Purpose: To determine the clinical outcomes of chronic distal biceps repairs and reconstructions.

Gender of presenters at orthopaedic meetings reflects gender diversity of society membership.

Objective: To quantify the number of women presenters and their roles at national meetings across all orthopaedic sub-specialties.

Methods: A retrospective review of annual meeting programs for 2008 and 2017 from ten North American orthopaedic societies was conducted.

Results: A statistically significant increase was seen in the proportion of women presenting at society annual meetings between 2008 and 2017 (p < 0.

Indications for hip arthroscopy in pediatric patients a systematic review.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current available literature on hip arthroscopy and determine the clinical indications in the pediatric patient population (age ≤ 18). In accordance with PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses), a comprehensive literature search was performed on the 23 October 2018 using PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and e-books to identify research surrounding the use of hip arthroscopy in the pediatrics. Exclusion criteria were studies that described joints other than the hip, animal studies, systematic reviews, open procedures and those that reported solely on patients aged 19-year-old and older.