Knee Arthroscopy

KOLOA, Hawaii — Horizontal cleavage tears are common on MRI, often asymptomatic and the MRI appearance may not correlate with arthroscopy findings, according to a presenter here at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.

Patients with increased levels of negative pain thoughts may have poor patient-reported outcomes, knee function and general health after arthroscopic meniscectomy, according to published data.

Vericel has received FDA approval to expand its MACI label to include MACI Arthro, an arthroscopic delivery of MACI to repair symptomatic knee cartilage defects, according to a company press release.

Published results showed meniscal allograft transplantation combined with arthroscopic intervention may delay the need for arthroplasty, as well as improve pain relief and function for patients initially recommended for knee arthroplasty.

Published results showed corticosteroid injections within 2 weeks of knee arthroscopy may be associated with an increased risk of postoperative septic knee infection or surgical site infection at 90 days.

WAILEA, Hawaii — Meniscus root repair with a posterior horn socket, transtibial fixation and centralization may reduce subchondral bone edema and extrusion while repairing meniscal root tears, according to data presented here.

WASHINGTON — Most prescribed opioids remain unused after elective outpatient arthroscopic procedures, and one-quarter of patients plan to keep remaining medication for future use, according to results of a study presented here.

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 — 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 — Results presented here showed use of the percutaneous pie-crusting technique may be safe for patients undergoing isolated medial meniscal root repair and have similar outcomes to patients who did not undergo pie-crusting.