Outcomes of Glenoid Labral Repair Using All-Suture Anchors.

Background: In recent years, innovation in arthroscopic glenoid labral repair techniques has included the development of all-suture anchors. There are multiple potential advantages of all-suture anchors, including decreased bone removal, anchor migration, synovitis/chondral injury, and bone reaction. Despite these potential advantages, few studies have examined clinical outcomes of glenoid labral repair with all-suture anchors.

Clinical Outcomes of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Repair With Internal Brace Versus Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Competitive Athletes.

Background: The increasing prevalence of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries, particularly in young athletes, necessitates optimization of treatment options. The introduction of UCL repair with internal bracing offers an exciting alternative to traditional UCL reconstruction.

Purpose: To compare midterm outcomes between UCL repair with internal bracing and UCL reconstruction in competitive athletes.

Long-term Outcomes of Multiligament Knee Injuries in American Football Players.

Background: Long-term outcomes for isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions in competitive American football athletes are well reported in the literature, but little data currently exist regarding multiligament knee injury (MLKI) reconstruction outcomes.

Purpose: To examine patient-reported and return-to-sport outcomes of competitive American football athletes who underwent primary, single-staged, multiligament knee reconstruction.

Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.

Outcomes and Proportions of Subsequent Contralateral Sports Hernia Repair Following Primary Unilateral Repair.

Background: In the event that nonoperative treatment for sports hernia fails, surgical repair may be warranted. Bilateral repair can occur in up to 45% of surgically treated patients.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical outcomes of athletes who underwent unilateral sports hernia repair and determine the proportion of patients who required contralateral sports hernia repair.

Clinical outcomes of osteochondritis dissecans lesions of the capitellum treated with arthroscopy with a mean follow-up period of 8.3 years.

Background And Hypothesis: Although numerous studies exist evaluating the short-term clinical outcomes of patients who have undergone elbow arthroscopy for osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the capitellum, the literature on minimum 2-year clinical outcomes in a large cohort of patients is limited. We hypothesized that the clinical outcomes of patients treated arthroscopically for OCD of the capitellum would be favorable, with improved postoperative subjective functional and pain scores and with an acceptable return-to-play rate.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected surgical database was performed to identify all patients treated surgically for OCD of the capitellum at our institution from January 2001 to August 2018.

Clinical outcomes and return to play in softball players following SLAP repair or biceps tenodesis.

Background: Shoulder pain due to labral tears and biceps tendonitis is commonly found in softball players. Surgical options include labral repair and biceps tenodesis. Although past studies are limited by heterogeneous study groups from multiple sports, this is the first study that assesses clinical outcomes and return to play rates for fast-pitch softball players.

Length unstable femoral fractures: A misnomer?

Background: Flexible intramedullary nailing (FIMN) is relatively contraindicated for pediatric length unstable femoral fractures.

Aim: To evaluate FIMN treatment outcomes for pediatric diaphyseal length unstable femoral fractures in patients aged 5 to 13 years.

Methods: This retrospective study includes pediatric patients (age range 5-13 years) who received operative treatment for a diaphyseal femoral fracture at a single institution between 2013 and 2019.