Rates of Subjective Failure After Both Isolated and Combined Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Study From the Norwegian Knee Ligament Registry 2004-2021.

Background: Outcomes after posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) reconstruction (PCLR) have been reported to be inferior to those of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Furthermore, combined ligament injuries have been reported to have inferior outcomes compared with isolated PCLR.

Purpose/hypothesis: The purpose of this study was to report on PCLR outcomes and failure rates and compare these outcomes between isolated PCLR and multiligament knee surgery involving the PCL.

Risk factors for long-term hip osteoarthritis in patients with hip dysplasia without surgical intervention.

Hip dysplasia is a common cause of hip pain and a known risk factor for hip osteoarthritis (OA) and early total hip arthroplasty (THA). Unfortunately, little is known about the specific factors associated with an increased risk of OA. The purpose was (i) to report the overall rate of symptomatic hip OA and THA and (ii) to identify radiographic features and patient characteristics associated with the development of symptomatic hip OA.

Anterior Shoulder Instability in Throwers and Overhead Athletes: Long-term Outcomes in a Geographic Cohort.

Background: Athletes of all sports often have shoulder instability, most commonly as anterior shoulder instability (ASI). For overhead athletes (OHAs) and those participating in throwing sports, clinical and surgical decision making can be difficult owing to a lack of long-term outcome studies in this population of athletes.

Purpose/hypothesis: To report presentation characteristics, pathology, treatment strategies, and outcomes of ASI in OHAs and throwers in a geographic cohort.

A Strategy for Repair, Augmentation, and Reconstruction of Knee Extensor Mechanism Disruption: A Retrospective Review.

Background: The loss of extensor mechanism continuity that occurs with patellar and quadriceps tendon rupture has devastating consequences on patient function.

Purpose: To describe a treatment strategy for extensor mechanism disruption and evaluate the outcomes of 3 techniques: primary repair, repair with semitendinosus tendon autograft augmentation, and reconstruction with Achilles tendon allograft.

Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Analysis of Charges and Payments for Outpatient Arthroscopic Meniscectomy From 2005 to 2014: Hospital Reimbursement Increased Steadily as Surgeon Payments Declined.

Background: Charge and reimbursement trends for arthroscopic partial meniscectomies among orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and hospital/surgery centers have not been formally analyzed, even though meniscectomies are the most commonly performed orthopaedic surgery.

Purpose: To analyze Medicare charge and reimbursement trends for surgeons, anesthesiologists, and hospital/surgery centers for outpatient arthroscopic partial meniscectomies performed in the United States.

Study Design: Economic and decision analysis; Level of evidence, 4.