Elevated HbA is not associated with reoperation following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Background: Hyperglycemia is a known risk factor for tendon degeneration due to oxidative stresses from production of advanced glycosylation end products. In patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), analysis of glycated hemoglobin (HbA) provides a 3-month window into a patient's glucose control. No guidelines exist for ideal preoperative HbA and glucose control prior to arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Radial Head Arthroplasty for Fracture: Implant Survivorship and Outcomes at Mean Follow-Up of 8 Years.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate implant survivorship and clinical outcomes following radial head arthroplasty for fracture at long-term follow-ups.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on adult patients who underwent primary uncemented radial head arthroplasty for radial head or neck fractures between 2012 and 2015. Medical records were reviewed to collect information regarding demographics, injury characteristics, reoperations, and revisions requiring implant removal.

Patients Who Have Kellgren-Lawrence Grade 3 and 4 Osteoarthritis Benefit Equally From Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Background: Recently, some payers have limited access to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to patients who have Kellgren-Lawrence (KL) grade 4 osteoarthritis only. This study compared the outcomes of patients who have KL grade 3 and 4 osteoarthritis after TKA to determine if this new policy is justified.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a series originally established to collect outcomes for a single, cemented implant design.

Pre-Operative Urodynamic Assessment Has Poor Predictive Value for Developing Post-Operative Urinary Retention.

Background: Post-operative urinary retention (POUR) following primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) has a reported prevalence up to 35%. Risk factors for POUR have included surrogate markers such as the presence or absence of urologic disease. Pre-operative dynamic measurement with post-void residual volumes (PVR) has not been investigated as a tool for assessing POUR risk.

Female UK Army Service personnel are at greater risk of work-related morbidity on return to duty postpartum.

Introduction: The 2016 Interim Report on the Health Risks to Women in Ground Close Combat Roles highlighted an increased risk of skeletal injury and significant physiological changes, including increased ligament laxity and decreased bone mineral content, during the postpartum period. The report called for further research and a re-evaluation of postpartum policy to optimise the return of female Service personnel to arduous employment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether returning to duty is at greater risk of injury and illness in the first year postpartum than they were prepregnancy.

Development of a Candida glabrata dominant nutritional transformation marker utilizing the Aspergillus nidulans acetamidase gene (amdS).

The gene encoding Aspergillus nidulans acetamidase (amdS) was placed under control of Candida albicans ACT1 promoter and terminator sequences and then cloned into a plasmid containing C. glabrata ARS10,CEN8 or ARS10+CEN8 sequences. All plasmids transformed C.