Biomechanical evaluation of different suture anchors for the stabilization of anterior labrum lesions.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to investigate the biomechanical performance of different devices for anterior shoulder reconstruction in a clinically relevant human cadaver shoulder model.

Type Of Study: Biomechanical cadaveric study.

Methods: The soft tissue, except for the joint capsule, was dissected from 28 fresh-frozen human shoulder specimens.

[Refixation of the meniscus with the SD meniscal staple: a comparative biomechanical study on cadaver knees].

Goal: The failure load of the SD meniscal staple was compared with the 2-0 Etibond meniscus suture in a dynamic test without isolating the meniscus.

Methods: In eight knee joint pairs, a standardized lesion of the posterior part of the medial meniscus was repaired by either three staples (7 mm) or three 2-0 Etibond sutures. After resection of the cruciate ligaments and 15 degrees external rotation, 45 degrees flexion, and 70 kg of axial loading, a tibial translation was exerted on the knee joint.

Acromion reconstruction after total arthroscopic acromionectomy: Salvage procedure using a bone graft.

We report 2 cases of acromion reconstruction with a bone graft as a salvage procedure after total arthroscopic acromionectomy. Complete removal of the acromion had produced severe shoulder abnormality with pain and joint stiffness. We present the operative technique of acromion reconstruction using a corticocancellous bone graft from the iliac crest.

A technique of doubling the cremasteric muscle in large inguinal hernia repair in infants and children--a late follow-up.

Between 1969 and 1988, 259 large inguinal hernias in 241 male infants and children were repaired, using a technique of doubling the cremasteric muscle, representing 1.12% of all inguinal hernia repairs in this time period. In a late follow-up, 4 to 20 years postoperatively, 195 patients (81%) with 204 hernia repairs by doubling of the cremasteric muscle were re-evaluated.