Needle-Based Arthroscopic Transosseous Rotator Cuff Repair: A Short-Term Outcomes Analysis.

Introduction Given the limitations of anchor-based rotator cuff repair, surgeons have considered and investigated the use of an arthroscopic transosseous repair technique using only sutures to repair tendon tissue. Returning full circle to the gold standard of transosseous repair, but with the modern adaptation of arthroscopy, advocates of arthroscopic transosseous rotator cuff repair believe that many of the risks associated with suture anchors can be avoided. The purpose of this study was to examine the capabilities of a novel needle-based arthroscopic transosseous tunneling device (OmniCuff™ arthroscopic transosseous device, MinInvasive Ltd.

Treatment of glenohumeral osteoarthritis.

This clinical practice guideline is based on a systematic review of published studies on the treatment of glenohumeral osteoarthritis in the adult patient population. Of the 16 recommendations addressed, nine are inconclusive. Two were reached by consensus-that physicians use perioperative mechanical and/or chemical venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for shoulder arthroplasty patients and that total shoulder arthroplasty not be performed in patients with glenohumeral osteoarthritis who have an irreparable rotator cuff tear.

A survey of sports medicine specialists investigating the preferred management of contaminated anterior cruciate ligament grafts.

Purpose: To survey leaders in sports medicine who perform anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions to determine the preferred management when ACL graft contamination occurs.

Type Of Study: Survey study of expert opinions and experiences on the management of ACL graft contamination.

Methods: We mailed 337 surveys to directors of academic sports medicine programs and graduates from an accredited sports medicine fellowship.

Arthroscopic acromioplasty: history, rationale, and technique.

Subacromial impingement or supraspinatus syndrome has been known to exist in some form since the early 1900s. Several early studies have discussed subacromial impingement or supraspinatus syndrome. Arthroscopic acromioplasty has evolved as a useful surgical treatment.