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Study says schools often stray from set guidelines; Bioterrorism funding up, clinical relevance goal.
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Synopsis: To Magnusson and colleagues surprise, they found an unacceptably high rate of recurrent instability of 17% with long-term follow-up from open Bankart procedures.
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Synopsis: A biomechanical study of tuberosity reattachment in hemiarthroplasty after 4-part humeral head fractures found that cerclage wiring provided optimal stability.
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The FDA has mandated a Black Box warning for all estrogen and estrogen/progestin products for use by postmenopausal women. The new warnings are based on analysis of data from the Womens Health Initiative (WHI) study that was published July 2002.
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Synopsis: This study demonstrates significant early to mid-term improvements in pain, function, and activity level following meniscal allograft replacement in properly selected individuals.
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Synopsis: Delays in ACL reconstruction in patients younger than 14 years old results in more unrepairable meniscus injuries.
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Synopsis: By using a pertubation training regimen, Chmielewski and colleagues were able to alter muscle contraction patterns in a way beneficial to coping with an ACL-deficient knee.
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Synopsis: The type of fixation device used in an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction determines the strength and stiffness of a tendon in a bone tunnel following implantation.
