Disparities Research in Sports Medicine Lacks Qualitative Studies, Community Engagement, and Original Interventions.

Background: Across the health care landscape, patients experience disparities based on insurance, sex, gender, race, and other determinants. Such findings have been reported in orthopaedic sports medicine; nonetheless, the overall quality of the literature, including its limitations and impact, is unknown. Understanding this will allow researchers to address areas of need and ultimately reduce disparities.

Impact of Pediatric Knee Anatomy on ACL Reconstruction: Lessons Learned From Cadaveric Dissections-A Review.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries in pediatric patients are rising and present unique challenges for orthopedic surgeons due to skeletal immaturity and risk for physeal damage during ACL reconstruction. This review aims to share insights from pediatric cadaveric anatomic studies and related research to inform surgical management of ACL injuries in skeletally immature patients. We highlight age-dependent variations in the distances between the ACL and medial collateral ligament and their respective physes, developmental variability in the anterolateral structures of the pediatric knee, and variability in the proximity of the neurovascular bundle's proximity to the iliotibial band graft pathway during ACL reconstruction.