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Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the return-to-sport rate, the functional outcomes and the complications of the "classic Latarjet" surgery with those of the "congruent arc Latarjet" surgery in athletes with recurrent glenohumeral instability and failed previous stabilization procedures METHODS All the included patients were operated between May 2009 and April 2017. The inclusion criteria were athletes with recurrent anterior glenohumeral instability, a glenoid bone defect greater than 20%, at least one previous failed stabilization surgery operated with the classic or the congruent-arc Latarjet procedures and a minimum 2 years follow-up. Return to sports, range of motion (ROM), the Rowe score, a VAS for pain, and the ASOSS score were used to assess functional outcomes. Complications were also evaluated. Results A total of 135 athletes were included in the study (55 patients were operated with the classic technique and 80 with the congruent arc technique). The mean follow-up was 40.3 months (raher the Latarjet was performed with the classic or with the congruent arc technique.Purpose The purpose of this study was to (1) report the frequency of postoperative opioid prescriptions following elbow arthroscopy, (2) evaluate if filling opioid prescriptions preoperatively increased risk of requiring more opioid prescriptions after surgery, and (3) determine patient factors associated with postoperative opioid prescription needs. Methods A national claims-based database was queried for patients undergoing primary elbow arthroscopy. Patients with prior total elbow arthroplasty or septic arthritis of the elbow were excluded. Subjects who filled one or more opioid prescriptions between one and four months prior to surgery were defined as the preoperative opioid group. Monthly relative risk ratios for filling an opioid prescription were calculated for the first year following surgery. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with opioid use at three, six, nine, and 12 months after elbow arthroscopy, with p less then .05 defined as significant. Results Therobstructive pulmonary disease are associated with decreased risk of postoperative opioid prescription filling within the first postoperative year.The value of surgeon procedural work is currently determined through a fee setting process controlled by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). That process relies on the Resource-Based Relative Value System (RBRVS) to advise CMS concerning surgical work reimbursement. That system, and several other government policy decisions over the last 25 years, have placed orthopedic surgeons at great disadvantage in establishing and maintaining the value of orthopedic surgical work. Continued reliance on RBRVS will result in further reductions in surgical reimbursements and may affect patient access to orthopedic services. Orthopedic surgeons must consider moving away from RBRVS and CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) as a way of determining value and instead establish price as the value signal in orthopedic medicine. Bundled payment methodologies offer one mechanism for establishing price in the marketplace.Posterior glenohumeral instability can manifest as posterior shoulder pain and dysfunction, particularly among athletes. Repetitive, posteriorly-directed axial loads, as commonly encountered by contact athletes (American football linemen, rugby players), result in microtrauma that can induce posteroinferior labral tears. Alternatively, superior labrum anterior posterior (SLAP) tears commonly seen in throwing athletes may propagate in a posteroinferior direction (i.e. a Type VIII SLAP tear), owing to a complex pathological cascade involving glenohumeral capsular contracture and imbalances among the dynamic stabilizing muscles of both the glenohumeral joint and shoulder girdle. The diagnosis of posterior glenohumeral instability is elucidated by a thorough history and physical examination. Posterior shoulder pain is oftentimes insidious in onset. The throwing athlete with posterior glenohumeral instability may complain of diminished control, accuracy, and generalized shoulder discomfort. A number of provocativeon stabilization include surgery on the dominant extremity, female sex, and capsulolabral repairs involving either anchorless techniques or the use of less than four anchors.Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the isolated and combined effects of MPFL and MPTL deficiency and reconstruction on patellofemoral kinematics. Methods Sixteen matched-paired female cadaveric knee specimens with a mean age of 53.5 years (range, 26-65) were tested in five conditions; 1) intact, 2) MPFL or MPTL cut, 3) MPFL and MPTL combined cut, 4) MPFL or MPTL reconstruction, and 5) MPFL and MPTL combined reconstruction. Dynamic testing allowed continuous analysis of kinematics from 0° to 90° of knee flexion. Knees were also tested statically using a lateral load of 45 N at 0°, 30°, 60°, and 90° of flexion. In both dynamic and static loading tests, a motion capture system detected patellar position for each testing state to distinguish changes in patellar kinematics. Random-intercepts linear mixed-effects models were used to compare patellar kinematics. Selleckchem Salubrinal Results The MPFL is the primary restraint to lateral translation of the patella at all knee flexion angles. MPTL deficiency alone did not create significant patella instability, but further increased instability when the MPFL was deficient. Isolated MPFL and combined reconstruction provided improved stability. Through full range of motion native patella tracking was best recreated with combined ligament reconstruction. Conclusion The MPFL plays the greatest role in medial patellar stability, but the MPTL appears to have an influence on patella tracking. This study provides further understanding to the impact of the MPFL and MPTL on patellofemoral motion with implications for reconstruction to improve stability and optimize patellofemoral tracking.Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a biopolymer of disaccharide with two alternate glycosidic bonds, β(1,3) and β(1,4). A molecular dynamics study presented here unveiled conformational variability in association with the flexibility of the glycosidic linkers, which depends on the number of disaccharide units. HA chain maintains a rigid rod-like conformation with short chain lengths. Crossover from a rod-like to a random-coil conformation is observed with increasing the chain length. The conformation with the β(1,4) linkage is more flexible than that with the β(1,3) linkage. Variation of the radius of gyration and conformational fluctuation showed that the β(1,4) linkers along with the HA chain length enhance the overall conformational flexibility and therefore elastic response of the polymer chain. Besides the inter-saccharide hydrogen bonding, Na+ binds preferably at the β(1,4) site. The hydration number of HA increases as an increase in the chain length. The hydration per disaccharide unit remains constant with the chain length.
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