Outcomes of Patellar Stabilization Utilizing a Combined Arthroscopic and Open Technique: A Retrospective Review With 5-Year Follow-up.

Background: Few studies have reported the long-term outcomes of patellar stabilization surgery in an active duty military cohort.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term results of a combined open and arthroscopic patellar stabilization technique for the treatment of recurrent lateral patellar instability in members of a military population.

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

The Team Physician: Return to Play Considerations and Outcomes.

Successful rehabilitation of sports-related orthopedic injuries remains a challenge for both orthopedic surgeons and their patients. Team physicians are tasked with the complex problem of minimizing time away from competition, while simultaneously mitigating the risk of reinjury. Varying levels of expectation and demand between recreational and competitive athletes coupled with the already complex nature of sports-related injuries present a multifactorial challenge for the even the most experienced physicians.

Meniscal Ramp Lesions and Root Tears: A Review of the Current Literature.

The importance of the menisci in providing joint stability and their role in load transmission within the knee are well understood. A growing body of literature has emerged on 2 distinct injury patterns to these crucial anatomic structures, ramp lesions and root tears. Ramp lesions may be characterized as tears at the posterior meniscocapsular junction, while root tears involve bony or soft tissue avulsion of the meniscal insertions at the anterior or posterior intercondylar regions.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair: Historical Perspective, Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes.

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair was first reported in 1895 by Sir Arthur Mayo-Robson. Open primary ACL repair was performed throughout the 1970s and 1980s; however, rerupture rates were as high as 50% at mid-term follow-up. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, synthetic graft materials received consideration; however, the outcomes were abysmal.