The Association Between Mental Disorders and Postoperative Outcomes of Scoliosis Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Background: Mental disorders may adversely impact postoperative recovery in scoliosis surgery. However, study findings have been inconsistent and a systematic synthesis is lacking.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library for studies examining associations between preoperative mental disorders, assessed by various scales, such as the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), the Modified Somatic Perception Questionnaire (MSPQ), and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and postoperative outcomes, such as pain, disability, quality of life, and satisfaction, in scoliosis surgery.

Effect of irrigation fluid temperature on core body temperature and inflammatory response during arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

Purpose: This study was designed to evaluate the influence of irrigation fluid on the patients' physiological response to arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

Methods: Patients who were scheduled for arthroscopic shoulder surgery were prospectively included in this study. They were randomly assigned to receive warm arthroscopic irrigation fluid (Group W, n = 33) or room temperature irrigation fluid (Group RT, n = 33) intraoperatively.

Quadriceps tendon pie-crusting release of stiff knees in total knee arthroplasty.

Background: Traditional treatments for stiff knees, such as quadriceps snip and V-Y quadricepsplasty, require extensive soft tissue exposure and lead to recurrent poor arc of motion and a permanent extensor lag. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the quadriceps tendon pie-crusting release for treating limited knee flexion in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and compared the outcomes of two surgical approaches.

Methods: Sixteen knees with severe osteoarthritis were treated with TKA using either a midvastus (eight knees) or parapatellar (eight knees) approach.

Hamstring tendon autograft versus LARS artificial ligament for arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in a long-term follow-up.

Introduction: Surgical reconstruction has been increasingly recommended for the surgical management of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) ruptures. While the choice of tissue graft still remains controversial. Currently both hamstring tendon autograft (HTG) and ligament advanced reinforcement system (LARS) artificial ligament are widely used but there are seldom reports on the comparisons of their clinical results.