Publications by authors named "Luis A Irribarra"
Purpose: Anterior shoulder anatomy is as complex and variable as its descriptive terminology. A detailed understanding of normal anatomic variability is critical to accurate performance, description, and evaluation of the procedures involving the rotator interval. We aimed to define, arthroscopically, the anatomic variability in the rotator interval region of the shoulder and to compare these results to the findings of previous cadaveric studies.
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- This study evaluated how effective motor responses are in detecting contact between catheters and nerves using ultrasound as a reference.
- In a trial involving 25 patients, stimulating catheters were used, and muscle contractions were measured as the current increased; a 0.5 mA threshold was established.
- The findings showed that only 64% of patients responded at this current level, indicating that a lack of muscle response does not confirm there is no contact between the catheter and nerve.
Purpose: Fractures of the tibial eminence can be treated arthroscopically. Numerous ways to attach an anterior cruciate ligament avulsion from the tibial eminence have been designed. This report describes a new physis-sparing reduction and fixation technique using an anchor passing nonabsorbable braided sutures through the substance of the anterior cruciate ligament, holding the avulsed bone fragment by tying a locking knot.
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