Preoperative Paralabral Cysts Predict More Significant Chondral Damage but Not 2-Year Functional Outcomes Following Arthroscopic Labral Repair.

Purpose: To investigate whether paralabral cysts identified incidentally on preoperative magnetic resonance imaging/arthrography predict 2-year functional outcomes after arthroscopic acetabular labral repair.

Methods: Prospectively collected data for patients undergoing primary hip arthroscopy by a single surgeon from 2014 to 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Included patients were ≥18 years and completed baseline patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) with additional follow-up at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months.

Accelerated versus standard physical therapy in patients with transtendinous rotator cuff repair: a propensity-matched cohort study.

Background: Partial-thickness rotator cuff tears that remain symptomatic despite conservative management can be repaired operatively through a transtendinous approach. Although transtendinous repairs have been linked to superior long-term biomechanical outcomes compared with other surgical techniques, they are classically associated with early postoperative stiffness and a slower rate of recovery.

Purpose: To examine the impact of expediting the physical therapy (PT) regimen after transtendinous repair on postoperative range of motion and complications.

Virtual student-transplant patient interactions empower patients and enhance student transplantation knowledge.

Introduction: There is variation in exposure to transplantation in undergraduate medical education. We created a program pairing medical students with transplant patients for semi-structured, virtual encounters and studied the impact on both students and patients using qualitative content analysis.

Methods: Fifty medical students were paired with transplant recipients and donors for non-medical virtual encounters.

Medical Students and Patients Benefit from Virtual Non-Medical Interactions Due to COVID-19.

Background: Patient care restrictions created by the COVID-19 pandemic constrained medical students' ability to interact directly with patients. Additionally, organ transplant recipients faced increasing isolation due to the rise of telemedicine, the importance of social distancing and their immunosuppressed state. We created a pilot program to pair students with transplant patients for structured, virtual encounters and studied its impact on medical students and patients.