Publications by authors named "Fernando Barrera Oro"
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the costs associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with either bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) autograft or BPTB allograft.
Methods: Surgical costs are reported, including supply costs, based on invoice costs per item used per procedure, and personnel costs calculated as cost per minute. All operations were performed at an ambulatory surgery center between March 2005 and March 2006.
Purpose: To compare the outcomes of a consecutive series of nonrevision bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) allograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions in patients aged 40 years or older and patients aged younger than 40 years.
Methods: Prospectively collected data from consecutive BPTB allograft ACL reconstructions fixed with biodegradable interference screws and performed by a single surgeon were analyzed by use of established outcome measures. Preoperative and postoperative outcome assessments included Cincinnati, Lysholm, and Tegner scores and International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) activity scores.
Background: Further knee surgery after proximal tibial osteotomies has been reported to have a more difficult surgical exposure due to decreased patellar height after the osteotomy. Although a decrease in patellar height has been reported for closing-wedge proximal tibial osteotomies, it has not been widely verified among opening-wedge procedures.
Hypothesis: A significant decrease in patellar height would result after opening-wedge proximal tibial osteotomies and a postoperative change in tibial slope would also result, depending on the medial tibial plate position, which would affect patellar height.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical success of the FasT-Fix meniscal repair device (Smith & Nephew Endoscopy, Andover, MA) associated with an accelerated rehabilitation program.
Methods: A prospectively collected consecutive series of meniscal repairs performed with the FasT-Fix device was studied. The Lysholm, Tegner, Cincinnati, and International Knee Documentation Committee activity scores, along with the clinical examination findings and adverse events, were recorded for all patients.
Purpose: Our purpose was to evaluate recently introduced sutures and suture anchors for single pull load to failure strength and failure mode.
Methods: Suture anchors were tested in fresh porcine metaphyseal cortex and cancellous troughs using an established protocol. An Instron machine applied tensile loads parallel to the axis of insertion at a rate of 12.