2017
Chondral Injuries and Irreparable Meniscal Tears Among Adolescents With Anterior Cruciate Ligament or Meniscal Tears Are More Common in Patients With Public Insurance
Williams A, Mancini N, Solomito M, Nissen C, Milewski M. Chondral Injuries and Irreparable Meniscal Tears Among Adolescents With Anterior Cruciate Ligament or Meniscal Tears Are More Common in Patients With Public Insurance. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2017, 45: 2111-2115. PMID: 28530851, DOI: 10.1177/0363546517707196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Knee Documentation CommitteePreoperative IKDC scoreAnterior cruciate ligamentMeniscal tearsChondral injuriesIrreparable meniscal tearsCurrent Procedural TerminologyIKDC scoreDelayed presentationPreoperative International Knee Documentation CommitteeRetrospective study of patientsPrognosis of young patientsAnterior cruciate ligament tearsOffice visitsIsolated ACL tearsAnterior cruciate ligament reconstructionIsolated meniscal tearsStudy of patientsPublic insurancePrivate insuranceIncidence of chondral injuryCruciate ligamentLevel of evidenceSports medicine centerYears of age
2014
Imaging characteristics of contralateral asymptomatic patellofemoral joints in patients with unilateral instability.
Demehri S, Thawait G, Williams A, Kompel A, Elias J, Carrino J, Cosgarea A. Imaging characteristics of contralateral asymptomatic patellofemoral joints in patients with unilateral instability. Radiology 2014, 273: 821-30. PMID: 25153158, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14140295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContralateral asymptomatic jointsFour-dimensional CTTibial tuberosity-trochlear groovePatellofemoral instabilityPatellar height ratioAsymptomatic jointsOA osteoarthritisComputed tomographyTT-TGAbnormal morphologyWilcoxon rank sum testRank sum testInstitutional review boardPatellar lateral displacementMultidetector CTRadiological recordsTrochlear groove depthImaging features of osteoarthritisBisect offsetYounger patientsImage featuresPatientsUnilateral instabilityControl groupCT data