Arthroscopy News

Published results showed several patient factors were associated with an increased risk of abnormal anterior knee laxity 6 months after primary ACL reconstruction.

In-office diagnostic imaging was similar to surgical diagnostic arthroscopy and was more detailed and accurate than MRI in the diagnosis of intra-articular, non-ligamentous knee joint pathology, according to recently published results.

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CHICAGO — Although it has been shown that risk for total knee replacement revision is higher among black patients compared with white patients, new research presented here concludes that poverty does not alter this risk.

Results presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting that were recently published showed the presence of posterior medial tibial plateau edema among patients undergoing ACL reconstruction was associated with significantly greater odds for ramp lesions compared with meniscal body tears.

Results published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine showed clinically significant outcomes as well as low rates of revision and conversion to total hip arthroplasty among patients who underwent hip arthroscopic surgery with routine capsular closure for femoroacetabular impingement.

Patients with nonobstructive meniscal tears may benefit from physical therapy as an alternative to surgery, according to recently published results.

A research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed a decline in the rate of knee arthroscopy in Florida between 2002 and 2015, with this decline especially pronounced after 2008.

When controlling for all variables, recently published results showed enthesophyte presence and teardrop distance were predictive of an abductor tendon tear.

BOSTON — Patients with displaced intra-articular distal radius fractures who underwent arthroscopy in addition to open reduction and internal fixation did not experience better function compared with open reduction and internal fixation alone, according to results presented here.