Impact of Quadriceps Tendon Graft Thickness on Electromechanical Delay and Neuromuscular Performance After ACL Reconstruction.

Background: Both partial- and full-thickness quadriceps tendon (QT) graft harvests are used for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of QT graft harvest depth (full or partial thickness) on electromechanical delay (EMD), peak torque (PT), and rate of torque development (RTD) after ACLR.

Study Design: Controlled laboratory study.

The Associations Between Quadriceps Tendon Graft Thickness and Isokinetic Performance.

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) using the quadriceps tendon is an increasingly popular technique. Both partial-thickness quadriceps tendon (PT-Q) and full-thickness quadriceps tendon (FT-Q) graft depths are employed.

Hypothesis/purpose: This study was designed to assess isokinetic peak torque, average power, and total work during knee extension in patients with FT-Q or PT-Q grafts for ACLR.

Intradural symptomatic arachnoid cyst formation following non-instrumented lumbar decompression.

Purpose: Intradural arachnoid cyst is a rare complication of lumbar puncture, post-trauma or post-intraoperative durotomies. We aim to estimate the incidence of early intradural arachnoid cyst radiologically in non-instrumented posterior lumbar decompression among symptomatic patients, and establish clinical correlation.

Materials And Methods: Patients who underwent lumbar decompression without instrumentation at a tertiary spinal service between December 2014 and January 2018 were identified.

Sarcoidosis--the greatest mimic.

Little is known regarding the exact pathogenesis of sarcoidosis, but it is widely recognized that it affects multiple organs. The presentation and imaging features can be nonspecific, and this is the reason why it is a great mimic of other diseases. Diagnosis of sarcoidosis is often prompted initially by clinical suspicion.

Red blood cell arginase suppresses Jurkat (T cell) proliferation by depleting arginine.

Background: Transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) suppresses immunity, but the mechanisms are incompletely understood. PRBCs contain arginase, an enzyme which converts arginine to ornithine and depletes arginine in vitro. Arginine depletion suppresses proliferation of Jurkat T cells in other models.