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Repair of Acute Grade 3 Combined Posterolateral Corner Avulsion Injuries Using an Enhanced Fixation Technique
Moran J, Kahan J, Schneble C, McLaughlin W, Green J, Gillinov S, Cheng R, Patel R, Jimenez A, LaPrade R, Schenck R, Medvecky M. Repair of Acute Grade 3 Combined Posterolateral Corner Avulsion Injuries Using an Enhanced Fixation Technique. Orthopaedic Journal Of Sports Medicine 2022, 10: 23259671221131817. PMID: 36389620, PMCID: PMC9663643, DOI: 10.1177/23259671221131817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternational Knee Documentation CommitteePatient-reported outcome measuresMultiligament knee injuriesPeroneal nerve injuryAvulsion injuriesNerve injuryKrackow sutureLysholm scoreAcute repairKnee injuriesOutcome scoresMean International Knee Documentation CommitteePosterolateral cornerSubjective International Knee Documentation CommitteeSubjective outcome scoresAcute grade 3Level of evidenceFailure rateLower outcome scoresCruciate injuryTegner scoreCase seriesSurgical repairGraft augmentationSalvage procedure
2023
Comparative Success of Repair Versus Reconstruction for Knee Extra-articular Ligament Injuries
Kahan J, Burroughs P, Mclaughlin W, Schneble C, Moran J, Joo P, Modrak M, Richter D, Wascher D, Treme G, Schenck R, Grauer J, Medvecky M. Comparative Success of Repair Versus Reconstruction for Knee Extra-articular Ligament Injuries. Orthopaedic Journal Of Sports Medicine 2023, 11: 23259671221143539. PMID: 36743731, PMCID: PMC9893380, DOI: 10.1177/23259671221143539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCruciate ligament reconstructionLigament injurySurgical repairLigament reconstructionRevision surgeryKnee injuriesExtra-articular ligament reconstructionSubsequent surgery ratesOptimal surgical treatmentKnee ligament injuriesHigher revision rateLevel of evidenceLarge national databaseHigh rateLigament proceduresReconstruction cohortRepair cohortCohort studySurgical treatmentSurgery ratesPatient cohortSecondary proceduresRevision rateLigamentous reconstructionSurgical technique
2022
Dual Posteromedial Portal Technique for Surgical Repair of an Unstable Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesion
Green J, Yalcin S, Moran J, McLaughlin W, Medvecky M. Dual Posteromedial Portal Technique for Surgical Repair of an Unstable Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesion. Video Journal Of Sports Medicine 2022, 2: 26350254221122583. DOI: 10.1177/26350254221122583.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial meniscal ramp lesionsMeniscal ramp lesionsRamp lesionsSurgical repairPosteromedial portalPosteromedial compartmentAnterior cruciate ligament ruptureConcomitant ACL rupturePosteromedial portal techniqueACL graft failureCruciate ligament ruptureSuccessful surgical repairArthroscopic labral repairACL ruptureGraft failureLigament ruptureStructural lesionsSurgical technique videoCapsular attachmentMeniscocapsular junctionPortal techniqueLabral repairArthroscopic approachLesionsMeniscus healingPoorer functional Outcomes in Patients with Multi‐Ligamentous Knee Injury with Concomitant Patellar Tendon Ruptures at 5 years Follow‐Up
Mojica ES, Bi AS, Vasavada K, Moran J, Buzin S, Kahan J, Alaia EF, Jazrawi LM, Medvecky MJ, Alaia MJ. Poorer functional Outcomes in Patients with Multi‐Ligamentous Knee Injury with Concomitant Patellar Tendon Ruptures at 5 years Follow‐Up. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2022, 31: 325-331. PMID: 36048200, DOI: 10.1007/s00167-022-07110-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-ligamentous knee injuriesPatellar tendon ruptureTendon ruptureBody mass indexKnee injuriesFunctional outcomeInternational Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee FormPoorer Functional OutcomesWorse functional outcomeExtensor mechanism injuriesSubjective Knee FormHigh-energy injuriesPatient-reported outcomesPatellar tendon injuryPropensity-score matchingSchenck classificationTegner scoreLysholm scoreMulticenter cohortClinical outcomesMechanism injuriesRare presentationSurgical repairKnee FormMass indexAcute Surgical Repair of Simultaneous Bilateral Proximal Hamstring Tendon Avulsion
Green JS, Moran J, Kahan JB, McLaughlin WM, Wang A, Medvecky MJ. Acute Surgical Repair of Simultaneous Bilateral Proximal Hamstring Tendon Avulsion. JBJS Case Connector 2022, 12: e22.00147. PMID: 36099532, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.cc.22.00147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal hamstring tendon avulsionPostoperative rehabilitation courseSimultaneous surgical repairSurgical repairTendon avulsionRehabilitation courseAcute surgical repairProximal hamstringRare injuryPostoperative managementSurgical interventionBilateral avulsionAvulsionActivity levelsPatientsRepairSignificant improvementComplicationsHamstringsInjuryCourse
2021
Lesser Tuberosity Avulsion Fracture in an 11‐Year‐Old Baseball Player due to Batting
Cheng R, Moran J, Smith S, Li D, Schneble CA, Chan SM, Gardner EC. Lesser Tuberosity Avulsion Fracture in an 11‐Year‐Old Baseball Player due to Batting. Case Reports In Orthopedics 2021, 2021: 2396200. PMID: 34824874, PMCID: PMC8610693, DOI: 10.1155/2021/2396200.Peer-Reviewed Original Research