Clinical Outcomes Following the Latarjet Procedure in Contact and Collision Athletes.

Background: Few studies have evaluated the success of the Latarjet procedure for recurrent anterior glenohumeral instability in the contact or collision athlete. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the return-to-sport and functional results of the Latarjet procedure in this select group.

Methods: One hundred and nine consecutive contact or collision athletes (112 shoulders) treated with an open Latarjet procedure for recurrent anterior glenohumeral instability were retrospectively identified.

Glenoid version and its relationship to glenohumeral instability and labral tears.

Background: Evidence suggests a relationship between glenoid retroversion and posterior instability, but no literature exists comparing glenoid version referencing the scapular body versus the endosteal vault. This study evaluated glenoid version and its relationship to unidirectional instability and labral tears.

Methods: Glenoid version in patients with unidirectional instability or labral tears was measured with magnetic resonance imaging by either the Friedman method or the Poon and Ting method.

Are Breech Rates for Pedicle Screws Higher in the Upper Thoracic Spine?

Study Design: A case-control study.

Objectives: To evaluate pedicle screw placement in pediatric patients with various etiologies of scoliosis, and to identify predictors of misplacement.

Summary Of Background Data: Accuracy of placement of pedicle screws has not been well documented for posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion performed in the non-idiopathic population.

Minimum 10-year follow-up of arthroscopic intra-articular Bankart repair using bioabsorbable tacks.

Background: There are few long-term studies evaluating functional outcomes and rates of arthrosis after arthroscopic Bankart repair with bioabsorbable tacks.

Purpose: We evaluated the clinical and radiographic results of arthroscopic Bankart repair using intra-articular bioabsorbable tacks at a minimum of 10 years' follow-up.

Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Efficacy of preoperative erythropoietin administration in pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis patients.

Study Design: This is a retrospective cohort study examining 61 patients with neurogenic scoliosis who underwent anterior and/or posterior spinal instrumentation at the age of 18 and younger.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate this finding further by analyzing the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) on hematocrit, transfusion and complication rates, and the length of intensive care unit (ICU) days in patients with neurogenic scoliosis.

Summary Of Background Data: The preoperative use of rhEPO has been shown to decrease perioperative transfusion requirements in many adult and pediatric patients.