Female patients have greater improvement in pain symptoms and physical activity after fasciotomy for treatment of chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the lower leg
Shankar D, Vasavada K, Gillinov L, Kirschner N, Mojica E, Blaeser A, Borowski L, Jazrawi L, Cardone D. Female patients have greater improvement in pain symptoms and physical activity after fasciotomy for treatment of chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the lower leg. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 2024, 32: 2589-2600. PMID: 38690978, DOI: 10.1002/ksa.12223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOdds of return to sportChronic exertional compartment syndromeTreatment of chronic exertional compartment syndromeReturn to sportExertional compartment syndromeFemale sexPain frequencyPain severityTegner scorePostoperative outcomesCompartment syndromeReturn to sport ratesLower legRate of return to sportHigher body mass indexPostoperative Tegner scoreOdds of reoperationFour-compartment fasciotomyPostoperative pain severityOverall pain severityTegner activity levelFollow-up timeRetrospective cohort studyBody mass indexPredictors of outcomeMedial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstruction and medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction have no significant differences in clinical outcomes for treatment of lateral patellar instability: a matched-cohort study
Shankar D, DeClouette B, Avila A, Vasavada K, Lan R, Strauss E, Jazrawi L, Alaia M, Gonzalez-Lomas G, Campbell K. Medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstruction and medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction have no significant differences in clinical outcomes for treatment of lateral patellar instability: a matched-cohort study. Journal Of ISAKOS Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine 2024, 9: 502-509. PMID: 38490437, DOI: 10.1016/j.jisako.2024.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedial patellofemoral ligament reconstructionMedial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament reconstructionVisual analog scalePatellofemoral ligament reconstructionMatched-cohort studyTibial tubercle osteotomyLateral patellar instabilityLigament reconstructionPatellar instabilityReturn to workClinical outcomesRate of recurrent patellar instabilityConcomitant tibial tubercle osteotomyRates of recurrent subluxationPostoperative visual analog scaleOsteochondral allograftsRecurrent lateral patellar instabilityRetrospective matched-cohort studyCompare clinical outcomesFollow-up timeFisher's exact testRecurrent patellar instabilityMann-Whitney U testReturn to sportP-value <