Publications by authors named "Barton R Branam"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to assess the impact of graft type and tunnel location on patient outcomes after ACL reconstruction in individuals over 45 years old.
- During the research period from 2015 to 2018, 51 eligible patients were evaluated, with 44 providing follow-up data at least two years post-surgery.
- Results indicated that while patellar tendon autografts showed some improvement in specific activity scores, overall, neither the graft type nor the tunnel creation method significantly affected patient-reported outcomes after surgery.
Background: Multiple techniques have been described for repair of quadriceps tendon rupture after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with unsatisfactory outcomes. We present a novel technique for repair using hamstring tendon autografts.
Methods: A 54 year-old morbidly obese patient presented five months after quadriceps tendon rupture.
Introduction: Acute following a chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is a known but uncommonly encountered complication of sports activity and its physiologic profile remains unclear to date. Failure to recognize and promptly treat this condition can lead to disastrous sequelae.
Case Report: We present the case of a 13-year-old lacrosse player with a history of CECS who developed unprovoked acute compartment syndrome.
Risk factors associated with ACL registry compliance: can we predict who will follow-up?
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
April 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine patient factors that influence patient compliance to fill out anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) registry forms.
Methods: Patients prospectively enrolled in the ACLR registry at a single institution were retrospectively reviewed. Patients who were followed up for at least 6 months were included.
Indications for Two-Incision (Outside-In) Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.
Clin Sports Med
January 2017
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a commonly performed procedure. Drilling the femoral tunnel independent of the tibial tunnel has become popular as surgeons strive to create tunnels in the anatomic locations of the femoral and tibial attachments of the native ligament. The 2-incision technique effectively and reproducibly accomplishes this goal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecent literature has led some surgeons to drill the femoral tunnel in an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction through an accessory anteromedial portal. Several techniques have been reported for the safe, effective drilling of the femoral tunnel by this approach. This technical note presents a new "retrograde technique" in which all instruments are passed independently into the notch and across the medial compartment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of musculoskeletal allograffs in knee surgery is expanding as outcome studies continue to delineate roles for ligament, meniscal, and osteochondral allouraffs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare the outcomes of silicone proximal interphalangeal joint (PIPJ) arthroplasties to pyrolytic carbon implants in patients with osteoarthritis.
Methods: This study is a retrospective review of 41 arthroplasties in 22 patients with severe PIPJ osteoarthritis performed by a single surgeon. There were 13 patients and 22 joints in the silicone group with an average follow-up of 45 months.
Background Context: This is a case report of a right posterolateral L5-S1 disc herniation that migrated to the left cephalad level to impinge on the left L5 nerve root as it exited the dura. The resultant free fragment migration is a rare variation of a posterolateral disc disruption.
Purpose: The purpose is to report a rare variation of lumbar disc herniation not previously reported in the literature.