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The top 10 stories to read from the AOSSM Annual Meeting
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Orthopedics Today features the 10 stories deemed the most important to emerge from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting.
Study: Distal femoral osteotomy offers acceptable option to treat knee OA, postpone TKA
SEATTLE — Distal femoral osteotomy can be a good surgical option to treat young patients with severe unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis and malalignment, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Read more.
No difference in return to play for NFL players after open, arthroscopic shoulder stabilization
SEATTLE — The rate of return to play after shoulder stabilization procedures among National Football League players is high, according to research presented at the AOSSM Annual Meeting, which showed no difference in the return rates after either open or arthroscopic repair. Read more.
Surgeon offers thoughts on subcritical glenoid bone loss
SEATTLE — John M. Tokish, MD, offers a perspective on his study regarding subcritical glenoid bone loss in relation to redislocation rates in arthroscopic bankart repair. Click to watch.
Contact athletes can return to in-season sport after conservative treatment of anterior shoulder instability
SEATTLE — Most young, in-season intercollegiate contact athletes with anterior glenohumeral instability can be expected to return to sport 1 week after nonoperative treatment, according to data presented here. Read more.
Positive outcomes seen at long-term follow-up after meniscal repair
SEATTLE — Arthroscopic meniscal repair was found to have a high probability of positive outcomes at long-term follow-up, according to a presenter here. Read more.
Speaker: Hip arthroscopy has a role in management of FAI in adolescents
SEATTLE — Hip arthroscopy can be used in the management of adolescents with symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement, according to data presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Read more.
Preoperative patient-reported outcome scores predictive of function after ACI
SEATTLE — Preoperative IKDC and Lysholm scores can be used to predict positive patient outcomes following autologous chondrocyte implantation, according to a speaker at the AOSSM Annual Meeting. Read more.
High success rates seen for combined meniscal, ACL repair
SEATTLE — Concurrent meniscal and ACL repair has shown high rates of success, according to a presenter here. Read more.
ACL reconstruction failure rate three times higher with allograft in young athletes
SEATTLE — In young athletic patients, ACL reconstruction performed with allograft has a higher failure rate than reconstruction with autograft, according to long-term study results presented here. Read more.
Bone-patellar tendon-bone ACL grafts show more tunnel motion than hamstring grafts
SEATTLE — Patients with bone-patellar tendon-bone grafts had more tunnel motion rather than mid-substance stretch 6 weeks after ACL reconstruction compared with patients with hamstring grafts, according to data presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. Read more.