Do patients receiving workers' compensation who undergo arthroscopic rotator cuff repair have worse outcomes than non-recipients? Retrospective case-control study.

Purpose: We compared preoperative and postoperative measures among workers' compensation board (WCB) recipients and non-recipients and determined the impact of WCB receipt on the 1- and 2-year outcomes of rotator cuff repair.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears who underwent arthroscopic repair between September 2011 and September 2014. Patients were divided into two groups based on WCB status: WCB recipients and non-recipients.

Clinical outcomes and repair integrity of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using suture-bridge technique with or without medial tying: prospective comparative study.

Background: There have been few studies comparing clinical and radiological outcomes between the conventional and knotless suture-bridge techniques. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the functional outcomes and repair integrity of arthroscopic conventional and knotless suture-bridge technique for full-thickness rotator cuff tears.

Methods: We prospectively followed 100 consecutive patients (100 shoulders) with full-thickness rotator cuff tears treated with the arthroscopic conventional or knotless suture-bridge technique from October 2012 to July 2014.

Anterolateral Meniscofemoral Ligament of the Lateral Meniscus.

Anatomical variations of the meniscus are a common anomaly that knee surgeons frequently encounter. However, anomalies of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus (AHLM) are extremely rare. In this report, we present a newly discovered anomaly of the AHML: an anterolateral meniscofemoral ligament is described with clinical features and radiographic and arthroscopic findings.

Arthroscopic treatment of piriformis syndrome by perineural cyst on the sciatic nerve: a case report.

This is a case report of an arthroscopic treatment performed on a patient with piriformis syndrome due to perineural cyst on piriformis muscle and sciatic nerve. Confirmation, incision, and drainage of benign cystic lesion on the sciatic nerve below the piriformis muscle were performed following the release of the piriformis tendon through the posterior and posteroinferior arthroscopic portal. Recurrence of the symptoms has not been observed since postoperative period of 20 months.