The effect of postoperative sling immobilization and early mobilization on clinical and functional outcomes after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Backround: Optimal postoperative management is controversial after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR).

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate outcomes of patients with and without postoperative sling immobilization after undergoing arthroscopic RCR rotator cuff repair.

Method: 369 arthroscopic full thickness superior rotator cuff tears (RCT) with a minimum follow-up of 6 months were included in this study.

Is Hydatid Cyst with Musculoskeletal Involvement a Problem that Causes Morbidity? Long-Term Follow-Up and Functional Results.

Background: The aim of study is to evaluate the involvement characteristics of hydatid cysts, which are rarely involved the musculoskeletal system, and the results of recurrence, morbidity, and functional and mental scoring.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated 18 patients with skeletal hydatid disease. Patients were categorized as those with bone or skeletal muscle involvement.

WITHDRAWN: Higher coracoacromial ligament thickness, critical shoulder angle and acromion index are associated with rotator cuff tears in patients who undergo arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of several shoulder anatomical parameters in the development of rotator cuff tear (RCT).

Methods: Between 2014 and 2018, all consecutive patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair due to full-thickness rotator cuff tear with a minimum 2-year follow-up were identified. Inclusion criteria were (1) age>18 years, (2) patients with degenerative RCT, (3) full-thickness RCTs, (4) patients underwent arthroscopic RCR due to unresponsive conservative treatment, (5) minimum 2-year follow-up period.

A comparison of clinical, radiological, and quality-of-life outcomes of double-plate internal and Ilizarov external fixations for Schatzker type 5 and 6 tibia plateau fractures.

Purpose: To compare clinical, functional, and radiological outcomes in patients with bicondylar tibial fractures treated with either double-plate or Ilizarov external fixation.

Methods: Patients with Schatzker type 5 and 6 tibial plateau fractures who were treated with double-plate (Group O) and Ilizarov external fixations (Group E) between March 2012 and April 2018 were selected. Demographic data and preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables were analyzed and compared.

Effect of Smoking on Postoperative Function and Quality of Life After Full Thickness Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Retrospective Analysis.

Purpose: The effect of smoking on preoperative and postoperative outcome scores as well as quality of life measurements after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR) has not been fully understood, and studies regarding this are lacking in the literature. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of smoking on function and quality of life after ARCR.

Methods: Two-hundred patients who underwent full-thickness ARCR with a minimum 1-year follow-up period were included and evaluated retrospectively.

Thoracoscopic Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Follow-up Curve Behavior According to Sanders Skeletal Maturity Staging.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.

Objective: To report the follow-up curve behaviors in different Sanders staging groups.

Summary Of Background Data: Vertebral body tethering (VBT) is a growth modulation technique that allows gradual spontaneous follow-up curve correction as the patient grows.