Open side-to-side repair for non-repairable tendon-to-bone rotator cuff tear. Clinical and anatomic outcome at a mean 5 years' follow-up.

Introduction: Anatomical tendon-to-bone repair of retracted rotator cuff tear is a difficult challenge given the high rate of recurrence.

Hypothesis: The study hypothesis was that side-to-side repair of U-shaped retracted tear allows tendon healing with satisfactory medium-term clinical results.

Materials And Methods: Between 1999 and 2007, 35 patients (mean age 53.

Meniscal ossicle in a professional soccer player.

Meniscal ossicles are an unusual finding and a rare cause for knee pain. They are often initially diagnosed as a loose body, chondrocalcinosis or meniscal calcification within the knee joint. Few cases have been reported in the literature.

Clinical and operative characteristics of cyclops syndrome after double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and operative characteristics of cyclops lesion in a consecutive series of patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) double-bundle reconstruction.

Methods: Included were 387 patients who underwent an ACL double-bundle reconstruction with quadriceps or hamstring tendons and were followed up at 6 weeks and 3, 6, and 12 months for clinical examination. When a persistent extension deficit was observed 3 months postoperatively, magnetic resonance imaging was performed to eventually diagnose a cyclops syndrome, and arthroscopic removal of the nodule was performed in these cases.

Preoperative factors correlating with prolonged range of motion deficit after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Background: Impaired postoperative range of motion remains one of the most frequent complications after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Purpose: This study was undertaken to determine the preoperative factors associated with prolonged range of motion deficit after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 3.

Selective anteromedial bundle reconstruction in partial ACL tears: a series of 36 patients with mean 24 months follow-up.

The purpose of this study was to describe an original technique of reconstruction of the anteromedial bundle preserving the posterolateral bundle and to report the results of a consecutive 36 patients series with mean 24 months follow-up. Our hypothesis is that this selective reconstruction of ACL partial tears could restore knee stability and function. In a consecutive series of 256, ACL reconstructions, 36 patients in which intact ACL fibers remained in the location corresponding to the posterolateral bundle were perioperatively diagnosed.

Improved laboratory safety by decontamination of unstained sputum smears for acid-fast microscopy.

Tubercle bacilli may survive in unstained heat-fixed sputum smears and may be an infection risk to laboratory staff. We compared the effectiveness of 1% and 5% sodium hypochlorite, 5% phenol, 2% glutaraldehyde, and 3.7% formalin in killing Mycobacterium tuberculosis present in smears prepared from 51 sputum samples.