Treatment of Lateral Epicondylitis: Is Surgery Still an Option?

Background: The prevailing trend for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE) is nonsurgical. Although many providers consider LE surgery controversial, others consider surgical intervention in patients with recalcitrant symptoms. The purpose of this study is to analyze epidemiological changes in LE surgery over a 9-year period prior to the coronavirus pandemic in 2019.

Trends in Acromioplasty Utilization During Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: An Epidemiological Study of 139,586 Patients.

Introduction: Acromioplasty remains very common during rotator cuff repair (RCR) despite limited evidence of clinical efficacy. This study observed the incidence of acromioplasty from 2010 to 2018 in Texas using a publicly available database.

Methods: A total of 139,586 records were analyzed from the Texas Healthcare Information Collection database ranging from 2010 to 2018.

Is outpatient shoulder arthroplasty safe in patients aged ≥65 years? A comparison of readmissions and complications in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Background: Recent studies indicate that outpatient total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is cost-effective and may have a low complication rate similar to inpatient TSA. However, existing studies have included younger patient cohorts who typically possess fewer medical comorbidities. Patients aged ≥65 years are commonly enrolled in Medicare, which has traditionally designated TSA as an inpatient-only procedure.

Estradiol protects against hippocampal damage and impairments in fear conditioning resulting from transient global ischemia in mice.

Estradiol protects against hippocampal damage and some learning impairments resulting from transient global ischemia in rats. Here, we seek to validate a mouse model of transient global ischemia and evaluate the effects of estradiol on ischemia-induced hippocampal damage and behavioral impairments. Female C57Bl6/J mice were ovariectomized and implanted with estradiol- or oil-secreting capsules.