Short-Term Outcomes of Expedited Arthroscopic Tensionable Knotless Biologic Tuberoplasty for Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears.

Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears in the nonarthritic patient are challenging because of the high failure rate and technical difficulty of intraoperative repair. We examined the outcomes of expedited arthroscopic tensionable knotless biologic tuberoplasty for massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. Eleven patients with an average follow-up of 8.

An analysis of cost and complications for patients sustaining a second, contralateral hip fracture within 1 year.

Introduction: Hip fractures are an increasingly common occurrence among the aging population. With increased life expectancy and advancements in medicine, patients sustaining a hip fracture are at an increasing risk of sustaining a contralateral hip fracture. Efforts are being made to better understand the environment of these hip fractures so that secondary prevention clinics and guidelines can be made to help prevent recurrent osteoporotic hip fractures.

Lateral Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair With Suture-Tape Augmentation for Traumatic Elbow Instability.

Purpose: Ligament repair with suture-tape augmentation has been used in the operative treatment of joint instability and may have advantages with respect to early motion and stability. The purpose of this investigation was to describe the clinical results of traumatic elbow instability treated with lateral ulnar collateral ligament repair with suture-tape augmentation.

Methods: All cases of acute and chronic elbow instability treated surgically between 2018 and 2020 were included if they underwent ligament repair with suture-tape augmentation of the lateral ulnar collateral ligament as part of the procedure.

Suave-Kapandji Reconstruction After Excision of the Distal Ulna for Chondrosarcoma: A Case Report.

An active, 62-year-old man presented with a nondisplaced pathological fracture through a low-grade, central chondrosarcoma of the distal ulnar diaphysis after minor trauma. After obtaining diagnostic imaging, the patient was successfully treated with marginal en-bloc resection of the right distal ulnar diaphysis and wrist reconstruction via a Sauve-Kapandji arthroplasty. Suave-Kapandji arthroplasty is an alternative reconstruction to complete the excision of the distal ulna following resection of the distal ulnar diaphysis.

Prevalence of Amyloid Deposition in Patients Undergoing Surgical Repair of Traumatic Distal Biceps Tendon Ruptures.

Purpose: As many as one-third of patients with heart failure secondary to systemic, wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis have an associated distal biceps tendon (DBT) rupture. Our purpose was to identify the prevalence of amyloid deposition in patients undergoing operative repair of acute traumatic DBT ruptures.

Methods: In this prospective investigation, a consecutive series of patients who underwent repair of an acute traumatic DBT rupture underwent a tendon biopsy to assess for amyloid deposition.

Risk of reoperation after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in children and adolescents.

Objective: To examine the incidence and risk factors of any-cause reoperation after primary ACLR in children and adolescents.

Design: Retrospective Cohort.

Setting: Electronic medical records from a large tertiary care, single institution integrated healthcare delivery system.

Case Report and Literature Review: Post-Arthroscopy Pneumothorax with Anterior Decompression.

Introduction: Emergency providers should recognize that pneumothorax is a rare but serious complication of shoulder arthroscopy that may require a unique approach to decompression.

Case Report: We present a case of a 60-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with right-sided facial swelling, voice change, and shortness of breath three hours after an elective arthroscopic right rotator-cuff repair and was noted to have a right-sided pneumothorax. We also describe a potential novel approach to chest tube decompression that maintains shoulder adduction in patients with recently repaired rotator cuffs.