Revision ACL reconstruction: influence of a lateral tenodesis.

Purpose: The aims of this article were to report the objective results of revision ACL reconstruction and to assess the influence of an associated lateral extra-articular tenodesis on knee stability and IKDC score.

Methods: This study focused on revision ACL reconstruction and was conducted over a 10-year period, from 1994 to 2003 with ten French orthopedic centers participating. The minimum follow-up required was 2 years.

SHART: shoulder hyperabduction radiological test.

Purpose: To evaluate and quantify laxity of the inferior glenohumeral ligament (IGHL) in post-traumatic anterior instability of the shoulder with the shoulder hyperabduction radiological test (SHART) and correlate it with arthroscopic findings.

Methods: This prospective study included 21 patients undergoing arthroscopic stabilization for anteroinferior shoulder instability. The SHART test was performed as follows: a bilateral AP radiograph was performed in the supine position, and radiographs were compared.

Causes for failure of ACL reconstruction and influence of meniscectomies after revision.

The purpose of this multicenter retrospective study was to analyze the causes for failure of ACL reconstruction and the influence of meniscectomies after revision. This study was conducted over a 12-year period, from 1994 to 2005 with ten French orthopaedic centers participating. Assessment included the objective International Knee Documenting Committee (IKDC) 2000 scoring system evaluation.

[Recurrent anterior instability of the shoulder associated with full thickness rotator cuff tear: results of surgical treatment].

Purpose Of The Study: Recurrent anterior dislocations associated with full thickness rotator cuff tear (RCT) carry a difficult therapeutic problem: should we treat instability and rotator cuff tear at the same time or only one of both pathologies? The goal of this study was to analyse a retrospective series of patients operated on to try to answer this question.

Material And Methods: Twenty-eight shoulders (27 patients) were operated on between 1988 and 2002. The mean age at first dislocation was 47 years (16-65), the average delay between first dislocation and operation was 6.