Evaluation of Risk to the Suprascapular Nerve During Arthroscopic SLAP Repair: Is a Posterior Portal Safer?

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the risk of glenoid perforation during SLAP repair for suture anchors placed through an anterolateral portal versus a posterolateral portal of Wilmington.

Methods: Ten bilateral cadaveric shoulders were randomized to suture anchor placement through an anterolateral portal on one shoulder and a posterolateral portal on the contralateral shoulder. Anchors were placed into anterior, posterior, and far posterior positions on the glenoid rim (1 o'clock, 11 o'clock, and 10 o'clock positions for right shoulders).

Identifying Hidden Zones of the Far Posterior Cartilage of the Femoral Condyles Not Visible During Knee Arthroscopy.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare standard knee arthroscopic and MRI findings and measurements for visualization of the femoral condyle articular cartilage. The hypothesis was that certain posterior cartilage defects identified with MRI may not be accessible with routine arthroscopy.

Materials And Methods: Six cadaveric knees were examined by routine arthroscopy through standard inferomedial and inferolateral portals.

The "fever workup" and respiratory culture practice in critically ill trauma patients.

Purpose: Fever and leukocytosis (FAL) in critically ill patients often triggers a "workup" that includes a respiratory secretion culture (RCx). We evaluated our respiratory culture practice associated with FAL. We hypothesized that FAL would be associated with a RCx, but would not be associated with a positive culture or treating a respiratory infection in critically injured patients during their first 14 intensive care unit (ICU) days.

Therapeutic anticoagulation in the trauma patient: is it safe?

Purpose: Trauma patients who require therapeutic anticoagulation pose a difficult treatment problem. The purpose of this study was to determine: (1) the incidence of complications using therapeutic anticoagulation in trauma patients, and (2) if any patient factors are associated with these complications.

Methods: An 18-month retrospective review was performed on trauma patients >or= 15 years old who received therapeutic anticoagulation using unfractionated heparin (UH) and/or fractionated heparin (FH).

Fever and leukocytosis in critically ill trauma patients: it's not the urine.

Background: Infectious complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in critically ill trauma patients. Therefore, fever and leukocytosis often trigger an extensive laboratory workup that includes a urine culture (UCx). The purposes of this study were to: 1) Define the current practice for obtaining UCxs in trauma patients admitted to the surgical and trauma intensive care unit (STICU); and 2) determine if there is an association between fever or leukocytosis and urinary tract infections (UTIs) during the initial 14 hospital days.