Twenty-Year Analysis of Surfing Head and Neck Injuries Presenting to United States Emergency Departments Showed a Decrease in Overall Injuries Despite Steady Concussion Rates.

Purpose: To analyze the etiology, diagnosis, and incidence of head and neck (HN) injuries among ocean surfers.

Methods: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database was queried for surfing HN injuries presenting to United States emergency departments (EDs) between January 2003 and December 2022. Date of presentation, age, sex, race, injured body part, injury diagnosis, and disposition, as well as a brief injury narrative, were included in the data.

Risk factors for water sports-related cervical spine injuries.

Background: To examine risk factors associated with water sports-related cervical spine injuries (WSCSI).

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients admitted for WSCSI from 1993 to 1997 was performed. The severity of cervical spine injury was assessed by review of medical records and imaging studies.

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: allograft versus autograft.

Purpose: This study was performed to compare the minimal 2-year outcome of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction using bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) allografts versus autografts, both augmented with an iliotibial band tenodesis.

Type Of Study: Retrospective review.

Methods: Forty-six of 52 BPTB ACL reconstructions using allografts and 33 of 37 BPTB ACL reconstructions using autografts were followed up at a mean of 2.