Sports activity after osteochondral transplantation of the talus.

Background: There are limited data regarding activity after osteochondral transplantation of the talus in orthopaedic publications.

Hypothesis: Osteochondral transplantation of the talus is a clinically successful treatment and enables patients to pursue regular and ongoing recreational sporting activities.

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

Limb alignment after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy and its effect on the clinical outcome.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of alignment after open-wedge high tibial osteotomy and its effect on the clinical outcome. A prospective case series of 56 consecutive patients underwent open-wedge high tibial osteotomy fixed with a TomoFix plate fixator (Synthes, West Chester, Pennsylvania). The correction angle was radiologically determined preoperatively and at 6 months postoperatively.

Patellar height and posterior tibial slope after open- and closed-wedge high tibial osteotomy: a radiological study on 100 patients.

Background: Valgus high tibial osteotomy (HTO) may be associated with changes in the patellar height and posterior tibial slope.

Hypothesis: Patellar height increases and posterior tibial slope decreases after closed-wedge HTO, whereas patellar height decreases and tibial slope increases after open-wedge osteotomy.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Sporting activity after high tibial osteotomy for the treatment of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis.

Background: Isolated varus osteoarthritis of the knee is a common problem in patients engaged in sports and recreational activities.

Hypothesis: Patients will be able to resume sporting activity after high tibial osteotomy.

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

Incidence of associated injuries with acute acromioclavicular joint dislocations types III through V.

Background: Traumatic acromioclavicular (AC) joint dislocations are common injuries among the active population. The injury mechanism requires excessive force delivered by a fall or blow to the shoulder. Associated injuries may occur and remain undetected if they are masked by the painful and prominent AC joint injury.