Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting

Orthopedics Today spotlights the six most important stories to come out of the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A method to measure percent coverage of the femoral head by the acetabulum may help provide better guidance for the surgical treatment of acetabular deformities than radiographs alone, according to data presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Computer-assisted model are becoming more useful and more accurate in the treatment of patients with femoroacetabular impingement both before and after surgery, according to research presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. —Allografts can produce good clinical outcomes and a low failure rate in young, active patients who undergo ACL reconstruction, according to research presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, here.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A retrospective review of young military patients who underwent PCL reconstruction that was presented here at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting indicates higher complication rates with multiligament procedures compared with isolated reconstruction.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Adolescent athletes had no identifiable risk factors for recurring shoulder instability following an initial stabilization procedure, according to data presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, here.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Researchers discovered good to excellent results at mid-term follow-up in nearly 90% of patients who underwent arthroscopic subdeltoid transfer of the long head of the biceps tendon to the conjoint tendon.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Despite glenohumeral instability recurrence after Bankart repair, most patients do not undergo additional fixation procedures, according to a study presented at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting, here.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A delay in surgery greater than 3 months was found to be the only predictive factor of the need for an additional procedure after ACL reconstruction in younger patients, according to a presenter here at the Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.