Arthroscopy News

At the end of 2017, with the demand for the use of biologics in orthopedics outstripping the science as well as the safety and efficacy information available, leaders of the Arthroscopy Association of North American, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society formed the Biologic Association to provide high-level evidence to physicians and patients and to advance this treatment.

Most patients who underwent knee arthroscopy consumed no more than five opioid pills postoperatively, according to published results.

Patients who received liposomal bupivacaine prior to closure during rotator cuff repair as part of a multimodal pain protocol had significantly reduced opioid consumption with no adverse events, readmissions or opioid-related side-effects compared with patients who did not receive liposomal bupivacaine, according to results.

Use of appropriate multimodal pain management may allow patients to undergo arthroscopic rotator cuff repair without the use of opioids, according to results.

Results of a matched cohort comparison of 45 patients with medial meniscal root tears who underwent either nonsurgical management, partial meniscectomy or repair showed significant differences among the groups for progression to knee arthroplasty, with the meniscus root repair group having significantly less arthritic progression based on changes in Kellgren-Lawrence grade.

Use of silicate-substituted calcium phosphate bone substitute had equivalent knee laxity and clinical function outcomes compared with autologous bone graft 3 years after two-stage ACL reconstruction, according to published results.

Published results showed MRI may be an accurate tool in measuring hip labral width in patients with femoroacetabular impingement, with strong agreement between radiologic and arthroscopic measurements, as well as no significant differences between MRI modalities.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons announced Braden C. Fleming, PhD, received the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Clinical Research Award for more than 15 years of clinical research conducted with his colleagues into certain mechanical, psychological and biological factors that may lead to the onset and progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis following ACL reconstruction.

Published results showed arthroscopic medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction with autograft gracilis tendon may be reliable and safe among patients with recurrent patellar dislocation.

Published results showed a decrease in postoperative opioid consumption and the duration of when opioid pills are used after arthroscopic meniscectomy among patients who received preoperative opioid education.