Prospective study of 90 arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs for isolated distal supraspinatus tear, assessing the impact of cardiovascular risk factors on tendon healing.

Introduction: Cardiovascular risk factors have been shown to be relevant to onset of rotator cuff tear, but their influence on healing remains to be determined.

Objective: To assess the individual and cumulative impact of cardiovascular risk factors on tendon healing after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Material And Method: A single-center prospective study included 90 patients undergoing arthroscopic repair of isolated distal supraspinatus tendon tear.

Contained Herniated Lumbar Disc: CT- and Fluoroscopy-Guided Automated Percutaneous Discectomy-A Revival.

The combination of a new device and dual guidance (computed tomography [CT] and fluoroscopy) is similar to other percutaneous devices in achieving a mechanical decompression of the disc. The difference, however, is that the target of the decompression with the current technique is the herniated disc itself. The goal of this combined technique is to create a space, an "olive" around the probe, allowing a decrease in pressure inside the hernia.

Autologous osteochondral mosaicplasty in osteochondritis dissecans of the patella in adolescents.

Purpose: Osteochondritis dissecans of the patella (OCDP) is rare in adolescents. The objective of this study was to evaluate functional results of OCDP management in adolescents with mosaicplasty and to analyze proper integration of osteochondral grafts via MRI.

Methods: This is a retrospective series of eight cases of OCDP treated by mosaicplasty.

Chest Low-Dose Computed Tomography for Early Lung Cancer Diagnosis as an Opportunity to Diagnose Vertebral Fractures in HIV-Infected Smokers, an ANRS EP48 HIV CHEST Substudy.

Background: To estimate the prevalence of vertebral fractures on chest low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in HIV-infected smokers.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of vertebral fractures visualized on chest LDCT from a multicenter prospective cohort evaluating feasibility of chest LDCT for early lung cancer diagnosis in HIV-infected subjects. Subjects were included if 40 years or older, had been active smokers within the last 3 years of at least 20 pack-years, and had a CD4 T-lymphocyte nadir cell count <350 per microliter and an actual CD4 T-cell count >100 cells per microliter.

Osteoid osteoma treated by percutaneous thermal ablation: when do we fail? A systematic review and guidelines for future reporting.

Purpose: Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a painful benign bone tumor of the young that is widely treated by percutaneous thermal ablation (PTA) with success rates close to 100%. Nevertheless, some patients have recurrences. We reviewed the literature to understand whether these are true recurrences or incomplete treatments; to analyze safety and efficacy during long-term follow-up in a extremely large cohort of patients; to detail best-practice suggestions from the largest clinical trials as well as report their complications; and to recommend standards for future reporting.