Acetabular Fracture Outcomes and Complications: An International Comparison.

Introduction: Despite the groundbreaking research by Judet and Letournel in the 1960s, the specific equipment, surgical approach, fixation strategy, and post-operative course for treating acetabular fractures have not been standardized. Therefore, this study aimed to compare technological resources, operative procedures, and post-operative complications between patients treated for acetabular fractures in Romania and the United States (U.S.

Managing Post-Operative Pain in Orthopedic Patients: An International Comparison.

Introduction: Opioids play a crucial role in post-operative pain management in America, but not in some other countries. We sought to determine if a discrepancy in opioid use between the United States (U.S.

Variation in tibial tuberosity lateralization and distance from the tibiofemoral joint line: An anatomic study.

Background: To describe variation in tibial tuberosity position in a normal adult population and inter-rater reliability of measurements of tibial tuberosity position.

Methods: Surface models of 161 proximal tibia specimens (83 female, 78 male; 80 black, 81 white; age 28.7years, SD 7.

Perioperative Allogeneic Red Blood-Cell Transfusion Associated with Surgical Site Infection After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

Background: Perioperative allogeneic red blood-cell transfusion is a suspected risk factor for surgical site infection (SSI) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), but the interrelationships among SSI risk, transfusion dose, preoperative anemia, and the presence of coagulopathies have not been well described.

Methods: Data on SSI within 1 year after surgery as well as on transfusion with blood products within 30 days after surgery were obtained for 6,788 patients who had undergone primary or revision total hip or knee arthroplasty from 2000 to 2011 in a single hospital system. Multivariate logistic regression modeling was used to determine the independent association between allogeneic red blood-cell transfusion and SSI.

The ACL injury response: A collagen-based analysis.

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries do not effectively heal. Tendon graft tissue after reconstruction shows rapid tissue turnover and 'ligamentization.' It is unknown whether native torn ACL tissue undergoes significant collagen turnover after injury or is arrested by the intraarticular environment.

Treatment Options for Patellar Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: To compare the efficacy of common invasive and noninvasive patellar tendinopathy (PT) treatment strategies.

Methods: A systematic search was performed in PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, UptoDate, Cochrane Reviews, and SPORTDiscus. Fifteen studies met the following inclusion criteria: (1) therapeutic outcome trial for PT, and (2) Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment was used to assess symptom severity at follow-up.

Utilizing reamer irrigator aspirator (RIA) autograft for opening wedge high tibial osteotomy: A new surgical technique and report of three cases.

Introduction: The lateral closing wedge high tibial osteotomy (HTO) was popularized by Coventry in the 1960s. In the 1990s the medial opening wedge osteotomy gained popularity because it could achieve greater valgus correction and it did not require dissociation of the fibula from the tibia, an important consideration when treating varus knees with lateral and posterolateral ligament deficiencies (Noyes' double-varus and triple-varus knees). However, it has the disadvantage of requiring bone graft to fill bony defects.

Evaluation of popliteal artery injury risk with locked lateral plating of the tibial plateau.

Objectives: This study was undertaken to determine if there is increased likelihood of popliteal artery injury as one places a fixed-angle lateral proximal tibia locking plate with posterior plate lift off and or anterior plate translation from the ideal position.

Methods: A Synthes (Synthes USA, West Chester, PA) 3.5-mm and 4.