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Chan AK, Park C, Shaffrey CI, et al
Post hoc analysis of prospectively-collected data. To identify factors predicting the most (and least) satisfaction following surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Patient satisfaction…
Waugh N
Mohana-Borges A, Avula LV, South SM, et al
Despite widespread use of mouse osteoarthritis models, meniscal ossicles (MOs), a distinct feature of murine meniscus, remain incompletely characterized. This study aimed to detail MO morphology and…
Durongbhan P, Evans LAE, Findlay DM, et al
Subchondral bone is a critical component of the osteochondral unit, but its translation from histology to quantitative imaging studies using micro-computed tomography (microCT) remains inconsistent.…
Hatzikotoulas K, Southam L, Zeggini E
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease and a leading cause of pain and disability worldwide, affecting both weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing joints. Osteoarthritis is a complex…
Kawaguchi H
Shen H, D'Souza N, Hiller CE, et al
To determine the prevalence of varus thrust in adults with and without knee osteoarthritis (OA), including across clinically relevant subgroups. A secondary objective was to explore whether varus…
Zhu H, Lee W, Lowe TW, et al
Anterior cruciate ligament injury is a major risk factor for the development of post-traumatic osteoarthritis, with cartilage degeneration frequently occurring despite successful reconstruction…
Liew JW, Jarraya M, Guermazi A, et al
CT-detected intra-articular (IA) calcification from calcium crystal deposition is associated with worsening cartilage damage and knee pain in osteoarthritis (OA); whether there is associated joint…
Fernandez Davila JG, Alberto RA, Byun S, et al
To investigate the effects of a matrikine, fibronectin fragment (FN7-10), on human osteoarthritic (OA) synovial fibroblasts and implications for inflammation and cartilage degradation. Joint tissue…
Caya R, Christopherson RM, Pierobon A, et al
Mental health issues are common in osteoarthritis (OA), however it is unclear whether change in mental health status affects future OA outcomes. The aim of this systematic review was to assess…
Wan X, Du H, Zhang Y, et al
Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) primarily impairs the epiphyseal plate in children and adolescents, resulting in enlarged bone ends and short stature. Given the abundance of type H vessels in the growing…
Jeon MS, Nam J, Lee M, et al
Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) is widely used to interpret genome-wide expression data, but pathway inference from differentially expressed gene (DEG) signatures remains limited by data…
Lamas C, Serra J, Fa-Binefa M, et al
Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) is multifactorial and may involve anatomical variability, altered biomechanics, joint laxity and impaired proprioception. We hypothesized that…
Sarıipek M, Seven OF, Yalçın AI, et al
Children with brachial plexus birth injury often rely on compensatory movements due to limited shoulder mobility. In clinical practice, the Modified Mallet Scale (MMS) is frequently used to assess…
Lali FHV, Raftery KA, Levy H, et al
Finite element (FE) analysis of retrospective clinical cohort. To determine whether preoperative CT-derived FE model outputs can improve subsidence prediction compared with conventional clinical…
Lamotte-Paulet P, Gourinchat M, Aleman C, et al
Retrospective register study. Determine when preoperative quality of life (QoL) declines in adult thoracolumbar/lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (TL/L-AIS) patients, analyze postoperative…
Zanesco L, de Medeiros Filho JF, Kiyomoto HD, et al
The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) helps interpret whether changes in patient-reported outcomes reflect meaningful benefit. For adhesive capsulitis, an MCID for the University of…
Snow M, Middleton L, Mehta S, et al
To determine at 10 years whether ACI was superior to alternative forms of cartilage management in patients after a failed previous treatment for chondral or osteochondral defects in the knee. 390…
Morriss N, Castle P, Greif DN, et al
Glenohumeral arthritis (GHA) decreases shoulder range of motion, yet the extent of glenohumeral motion loss and accompanying whole-body compensations are not well quantified. Eighty-six patients with…
Dunivan Q, Allen M, Caplan BE, et al
Rotator cuff repair (RCR) is one of the most common orthopedic procedures, yet 20%-40% of repairs fail structurally within two years, leading to pain, functional decline, and costly revision surgery.…
Bayer TP, Nolte AK, Panzram B, et al
Metal-free fixation methods, such as the all-suture cerclage technique for the Latarjet procedure, aim to minimize implant-related complications. Clinical studies suggest equivalent clinical results…
Ahmad MT, Sahgal GR, Tareen H, et al
Proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) are becoming more common, especially among older adults, and often require surgical management. Two widely used surgical techniques are intramedullary nailing (IMN)…
Rice SW, Flood MG, Iovanel G, et al
Distal humerus fractures (DHFs) in older adults can have significant clinical consequences. Prior mortality estimates are broad and confounded by concomitant injuries. The purpose of this study was…
Kriechling P, Scherer M, Hochreiter B, et al
Long-term data at 15 years following implantation of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) are very limited. The aim of this study was to analyze patients at a minimum of 15 years following rTSA…
Abudayeh A, Fishchenko I
Maheshwari S, Kumar V
Domenico C, Luca V, Javier P, et al
Cross-sectional reliability study. To propose and validate a novel biomechanical classification for high-grade spondylolisthesis (HGS) that incorporates compensatory mechanisms into the assessment of…
Shiraishi S, Takahara M, Mitachi R, et al
There are no reports addressing the treatment and outcomes of kissing osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the radiocapitellar joint. This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the outcomes of the…
Eilertsen L, Brekke IF, Haavardsholm E, et al
The Nexel total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) was introduced as an enhancement of the Coonrad-Morrey TEA, which through design modifications aimed to improve patient outcomes. However, high revision rates…
Den Hartog D, Nugteren LHT, Adolfsson LE, et al
It is undetermined whether the quality of surgical technique in a humeral shaft fracture (reduction and fixation) affects outcomes. The aim of this study was to score the quality of surgical…
Shinwari H, Mouyer Z, Butt A, et al
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal, evidence-based perioperative care framework designed to reduce surgical stress, optimize physiological function, and accelerate post-operative…
Gilat R, Johnson MC, Budin JS, et al
Corticosteroid injections (CSIs) are widely used for symptomatic relief in shoulder arthritis, yet concerns persist regarding their impact on post-operative outcomes following shoulder arthroplasty.…
Newton BN, Frampton CMA, Kejriwal R
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) has become increasingly common for inflammatory arthritis (IA) due to concerns regarding rotator cuff failure and glenoid loosening in anatomic total shoulder…
Boyle AB, Frampton C, Poon PC, et al
Common indications for total elbow arthroplasty include fracture, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Total elbow arthroplasty is increasingly being performed for fracture in the context of an…
Phillips T, Beleckas CM, Mousad A, et al
Revision shoulder arthroplasty in the setting of severe glenoid bone loss presents significant reconstructive challenges. The use of femoral head allograft (FHA) has emerged as a potential solution…
Tobin JG, Guareschi ME, Elwell JA, et al
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) has surpassed anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in popularity due to its superior outcomes in patients with rotator cuff deficiency and other complex…
Li H, Yuan Z, Tan J, et al
Reconstruction of bone defects after distal humeral tumor resection remains technically challenging because of the complex anatomy of the elbow and the need to preserve postoperative joint function.…
Smadi Z, McBee K, Irfan B, et al
Adhesive capsulitis, commonly known as frozen shoulder, is a fibro-inflammatory condition characterized by the gradual onset of pain and progressive restriction of shoulder motion, with evidence…
Sitsis SA, Henke RT, Northrop MA, et al
With the introduction of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) in the United States in 2004, the indications for TSA have expanded significantly, leading to a dramatic rise in primary and…
Nordlund E, Wenger D, Jacobsen ME, et al
Tension band wiring (TBW) is a widely used technique for displaced olecranon fractures but carries a substantial risk of complications, often due to technical errors. Despite being a designated core…
Loyd K, Greif DN, Dussik CM, et al
Rotator cuff tears (RCTs) are commonly repaired after failure of conservative management. Prior literature has demonstrated that racial disparities exist in surgical management of RCTs. There is…
Velasquez Garcia AR, Yang L, Nishikawa H, et al
Preoperative three-dimensional (3D) templating can improve surgical accuracy in anatomic-press-fit radial head arthroplasty (RHA). However, current imaging segmentation methods used for templating…
Smith AF, Park C, Wigmore E, et al
While two-dimensional methods quantify glenohumeral relationships, they are unable to capture three-dimensional anatomy and define the geometric relationship of the humeral head in the registry of…
Jetten EEJ, Janssen ERC, Hollman F, et al
Shoulder arthroplasty effectively treats various degenerative and traumatic shoulder conditions, but outcomes can be compromised by complications, limited mobility, and persistent pain. The impact of…
Yoon JP, Park SJ, Kim DH, et al
Rotator cuff (RC) repair often fails due to poor healing at the tendon-to-bone interface (TBI) and irreversible fatty infiltration (FI) of the muscle. GATA6 has emerged as a potential transcriptional…
Yoshida Y, Yoshida A
Fragment displacement is a key determinant of treatment strategy and functional outcomes in isolated greater tuberosity (GT) fractures. However, the relative contributions of fracture morphology and…
Fiandeiro M, Rizk AA, Levin JM, et al
Sleep disturbance is common among patients undergoing rotator cuff repair (RCR), yet the perioperative course of pain-related sleep disruption and the influence of behavioral factors are not well…
Kendirci AŞ, Atasoy İT, Albayrak MO, et al
Glenoid loosening remains a principal failure mode after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. Cement pressurization improves fixation; however, the optimal timing of axial compression during…
Jeong HJ, Kim JY, Cho NS, et al
Despite the clinical importance of rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, standardized postoperative rehabilitation protocols are yet to be established. Therefore, this study aimed to…
Gressl M, Zendeli F, Fritz B, et al
Diagnosing simple valgus instability of the elbow currently involves time- and cost-intensive imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging or magnetic resonance arthrography. Previous…
Zhu Z, Huang JY, Wang W, et al
To estimate the effect of denosumab compared with bisphosphonates on reducing the risk of knee or hip osteoarthritis (OA) among adults with osteoporosis in a real-world cohort. This new-user,…
Baumann AN, Trager RJ, Chatzis KD, et al
Retrospective single-center cohort study. To compare the predictive performance of the International Spine Study Group (ISSG)-Surgical Invasiveness Index (SII) and the European Spine Study Group…
Ueda T
Prospective cohort study. To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the head elevation test (HET), a novel bedside physical examination maneuver, for identifying vertebral compression fractures (VCFs)…
Narro Garcia F, Hurry J, McCarthy RE, et al
Retrospective cohort. Compare spinal growth guidance surgery (SpGG) and magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) outcomes in idiopathic early-onset scoliosis (i-EOS) using three-dimensional true…
Sevensky R, Sardar ZM, Hassan FM, et al
Retrospective, case-control study. To examine and compare preoperative and postoperative sagittal alignment between Scheuermann Kyphosis (SK) patients and an asymptomatic, normative population. SK is…
Dalton J, Olson J, Huang R, et al
Retrospective cohort. Evaluate the impact of age among patients undergoing PCDF grouped by decades of age. Cervical degenerative disease disproportionately affects the elderly and is often treated…
Schneider D, Brown EDL, Toscano D, et al
Cross-sectional study. This study aimed to analyze the failure patterns of expandable corpectomy cages. Expandable corpectomy cages offer significant advantages for anterior column reconstruction but…
Peregoff J, Anaspure OS, Moser A, et al
The effect of perioperative ketorolac use after posterior cervical decompression and fusion (PCDF) remains unclear with ongoing concern regarding NSAID-induced pseudoarthrosis. This study…
Park JS, Kang DH, Lee CS, et al
Retrospective study using prospectively collected data. To investigate the impact of the lordosis distribution index (LDI) on proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and clinical outcomes in patients with…
Berdis GE, Carstens MF, Larson DR, et al
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Puvanesarajah V, Chrea B, Parisien RL, et al
Mont MA, Smitterberg CW, Jones LC, et al
➢ Nontraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head should be suspected in patients who are <50 years of age who have persistent hip pain despite normal radiographs.➢ Bilateral involvement…
Werthel JD, Vervaecke A, Petit M, et al
Traumatic posterior shoulder dislocation is rare, and the role of posterior acromial morphology in acute traumatic posterior dislocation is unknown. We compared posterior acromial morphology in…
Ekhtiari S, Ali MI, Hoveidaei AH, et al
de la Huerta Meza D, Singh P, Otero M, et al
The lack of consistent responses to treatment is a considerable challenge in the medical field, in part driven by the one-size-fits-all approach traditionally applied to developing and testing…
Vuijk DA, Krijnen P, Eggebeen NJ, et al
Distal radial fractures (DRFs) and malleolar fractures (MFs) represent almost one-third of Dutch emergency room fractures. The WARRIOR trials showed that routine follow-up radiographs obtained >2…
Yamamoto N, Shibata M, Konishi M, et al
MRI is considered the reference standard for diagnosing acute vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), but its limited availability in many clinical settings necessitates alternative diagnostic…
Cao Z, Niu C, Liu W, et al
Multiple meta-analyses have compared THA with hemiarthroplasty for displaced femoral neck fractures in patients over 65 years of age; however, clinical equipoise persists. We posit that this…
Ward LM, Voellmicke IR, Carney DD, et al
Hallux valgus is a common and potentially debilitating foot deformity, and the modified Lapidus is a prominent corrective procedure in the United States. The clinical distinctions between the…
Mowers CC, Jackson GR, McKinley MT, et al
To investigate the effect of donor-recipient sex mismatch on outcomes following osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCAT) of the knee, with a focus on graft survivorship, complications, and…
Qu S, Qi L, Sun K, et al
Meyer LE, Bethell MA, Hurley ET, et al
To evaluate the current literature to determine the impact of concomitant alignment or meniscal surgery on outcomes in patients undergoing cartilage restoration surgery. A systematic review was…
Tischer T, De Marziani L, Bait C, et al
Anterior cruciate ligament revision (ACLRev) remains a complex and demanding procedure. Although an increasing number of studies identified factors associated with graft failure and revision…
Mikkelsen RK, Konradsen L, Hoeffner R, et al
The primary aim was to evaluate if individual suturing of the gastrocnemius and soleus parts of the ruptured Achilles tendon could reestablish their length 1 week post-surgery compared to previously…
Bergstein VE, Ekkel K, Haft MA, et al
Kiriluk SH, Crawford D, Harrison P, et al
A calcaneal osteotomy is a common component of surgical management for various foot and ankle deformities. Open and minimally invasive surgical (MIS) calcaneal osteotomies can be performed. The…
Schatz P, Chikar J
Baseline and postinjury neurocognitive and balance testing assist in the assessment and management of sports-related concussion. We evaluated the utility of comparing postinjury performance on the…
Szadkowski M, Castel X, Odent JB, et al
Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy (FELD) has become a validated, minimally invasive treatment for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). However, evidence remains scarce regarding outcomes and rehabilitation…
Lowe WR, Gregory B, Martin C, et al
Osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) has been established as a viable restorative chondral procedure, although few studies have examined its effectiveness in the setting of anterior cruciate…