Arthroscopy News

Healio celebrates Mental Health Awareness Month with a focus on physician burnout, an emerging public health crisis among orthopedic physicians and providers.

LAS VEGAS — According to presented results, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair yielded significantly improved outcomes for patients of all ages with massive rotator cuff tears.

Defined as a tear greater than 5 cm in the anterior-posterior dimension or a complete tear of two or more rotator cuff tendons, a massive rotator cuff tear can be caused by traumatic injuries or degeneration of the tendons.

The most common procedures for the surgical management of irreparable cuff tears include partial repair, SCR, the subacromial balloon, reverse shoulder arthroplasty and tendon transfers, particularly lower trapezius transfers.

A 45-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of posteromedial right knee pain and swelling after a twisting injury to his knee in the gym.

Results showed the Arlington test may be more sensitive and the twist test may be more specific in diagnosing hip labral tears compared with the traditional flexion-adduction-internal rotation/impingement test.

LAS VEGAS — Results showed implementation of an opioid-sparing pain management protocol may reduce opioid consumption compared with a standard opioid prescription protocol in patients undergoing outpatient shoulder and knee arthroscopy.

LAS VEGAS — Arthroscopic inlay suprapectoral biceps tenodesis may yield similar long-term outcomes compared with mini-open onlay subpectoral biceps tenodesis in patients with biceps tendinopathy, according to results presented here.

LAS VEGAS — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, John G. Kennedy, MD, and Arianna Gianakos, DO, spoke about in-office needle arthroscopy for patients with anterior ankle impingement.

LAS VEGAS — In this video, Phob Ganokroj, MD, of Bangkok, discusses a study done at The Steadman Philippon Research Institute in which talus osteochondral allografts converted off-track Hill-Sachs lesions to on-track lesions.