Arthroscopy News

A 28-year-old male soccer player presented with acute onset of left knee pain and swelling following an awkward twisting motion during a game.

NEW ORLEANS — Adolescents who underwent primary hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement had significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes and high patient satisfaction, according to results presented here.

NEW ORLEANS — Use of a needle arthroscope in anterior ankle arthroscopy may decrease turnover time and case duration without increasing costs compared with a reusable arthroscope.

NEW ORLEANS — Results showed intraosseous bioplasty combined with arthroscopic meniscectomy may improve pain and outcome scores, as well as yield a low conversion rate to arthroplasty, in patients with mild to severe osteoarthritis.

NEW ORLEANS — Bone marrow edema volume of greater than 10 cm3 may be predictive of osteochondral allograft failure, according to results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — Efficiency, control, patient communication and the ability to leverage technology are integral to outpatient shoulder arthroplasty, according to a presenter at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — While ACL reconstruction with an allograft was associated with a high risk of revision in younger patients, it may be an acceptable choice for older patients who are not athletes, according to a presenter here.

NEW ORLEANS — Results presented here showed a conservative rehabilitation protocol after hip arthroscopy had statistical but not clinical differences in outcome scores compared with an accelerated rehabilitation protocol.

NEW ORLEANS — Isolated ACL reconstruction with bone-tendon-bone autograft yielded an increased risk of graft failure compared with ACL reconstruction plus anterolateral ligament reconstruction with hamstring autograft, according to results.

NEW ORLEANS — Data presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting showed that nearly half of the patients who underwent 6 months of nonoperative management for isolated posterior shoulder instability failed.