Publications by authors named "E N Cain"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the outcomes of surgical reconstruction for multiligament knee injuries (MLKIs) in competitive athletes over a 20-year period, highlighting a significant lack of existing data on this topic in orthopedic literature.
- - Out of 151 patients studied, 119 provided outcome data, revealing that 81% of athletes who attempted to return to sports post-surgery were successful, and 94% expressed satisfaction with their surgical results.
- - Factors such as older age and female sex were linked to lower functional scores, and 24% of patients required additional knee surgeries after their initial MLKI reconstruction.
Background: Long-term outcomes for isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions in competitive American football athletes are well reported in the literature, but little data currently exist regarding multiligament knee injury (MLKI) reconstruction outcomes.
Purpose: To examine patient-reported and return-to-sport outcomes of competitive American football athletes who underwent primary, single-staged, multiligament knee reconstruction.
Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its Member States have been leading the efforts to eradicate wild poliovirus in the Region of Americas since smallpox's successful elimination in 1971. The region became the first to be certified free of wild poliovirus in 1994. However, in July 2022, an unvaccinated patient with no recent travel history was diagnosed with poliomyelitis in the United States of America.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries to the knee are uncommon, and ideal surgical management of these injuries is unclear. Current surgical techniques include PCL reconstruction with remnant debridement, remnant-preserving techniques, and primary PCL repair. Augmentation of PCL repairs and reconstructions has been proposed to protect repairs or grafts in the postoperative period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There has been a renewed interest and, recently, wider implementation of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) repair in throwing athletes because of improvement in ligament repair technology and corresponding outcome data.
Purpose: To compare the biomechanical parameters and failure mode between 2 brace-tightening techniques for UCL repair.
Study Design: Controlled laboratory study.