2023
Patient-reported outcomes and return to pre-injury activities after surgical treatment of multi-ligamentous knee injuries in patients over 40-years-old: Average 5-years follow-up
Li Z, Green J, Chalem I, Triana J, Rao N, Hughes A, Campbell K, Jazrawi L, Medvecky M, Alaia M. Patient-reported outcomes and return to pre-injury activities after surgical treatment of multi-ligamentous knee injuries in patients over 40-years-old: Average 5-years follow-up. The Knee 2023, 46: 89-98. PMID: 38070381, DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2023.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMulti-ligamentous knee injuriesPre-injury activitiesSurgical treatmentLysholm scoreOlder patientsCase seriesClinical outcomesKnee injuriesInternational Knee Documentation Committee scoreMulti-center retrospective case seriesFair clinical outcomePre-injury sportTegner activity scaleRetrospective case seriesTime of injuryPatient-reported outcomesMean IKDCPreoperative characteristicsKnee dislocationDevastating injuriesPatientsActivity ScaleIKDCInjuryStepwise linear regressionExamining the Schenck KD I Classification in Patients With Documented Tibiofemoral Knee Dislocations: A Multicenter Retrospective Case Series
Green J, Yalcin S, Moran J, Vasavada K, Kahan J, Li Z, Alaia M, Medvecky M. Examining the Schenck KD I Classification in Patients With Documented Tibiofemoral Knee Dislocations: A Multicenter Retrospective Case Series. Orthopaedic Journal Of Sports Medicine 2023, 11: 23259671231168892. PMID: 37378278, PMCID: PMC10291419, DOI: 10.1177/23259671231168892.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiligament knee injuriesTibiofemoral knee dislocationTibiofemoral dislocationKnee dislocationCase seriesSports medicine fellowship-trained surgeonsMulticenter retrospective case seriesMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scansRetrospective case seriesRetrospective chart reviewResonance imaging scansFellowship-trained surgeonsFuture outcome studiesLevel of evidenceBicruciate injuriesChart reviewI injuryRadiological evidenceSurgical managementKnee injuriesExtensor mechanismCruciate ligamentImaging scansKnee radiographsCollateral injuryExtensor Mechanism Disruption Impacts Treatment of Dislocated and Multiligament Injured Knees
Medvecky M, Kahan J, Richter D, Islam W, McLaughlin W, Moran J, Alaia M, Miller M, Wascher D, Treme G, Campos T, Held M, Schenck R, Group T. Extensor Mechanism Disruption Impacts Treatment of Dislocated and Multiligament Injured Knees. Journal Of Bone And Joint Surgery 2023, 105: 1012-1019. PMID: 37186688, DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.23.00079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiligament knee injuriesTreatment algorithmResponse rateExtensor mechanism disruptionLittle clinical evidenceLarge case seriesTreatment of patientsClinical outcome dataNumerous clinical factorsPositive consensusClassic Delphi techniqueInitial surgeryMechanism disruptionClinical factorsInjured kneesRare injuryCase seriesKnee injuriesProspective studyClinical evidenceOptimal treatmentLigamentous reconstructionTreatment decisionsOutcome dataClinical scenarios
2022
Over One-Third of Patients With Multiligament Knee Injuries and an Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Demonstrate Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Moran J, Schneble C, Katz L, Jimenez A, McLaughlin W, Vasavada K, Wang A, Kunze K, Chahla J, LaPrade R, Alaia M, Medvecky M. Over One-Third of Patients With Multiligament Knee Injuries and an Intact Anterior Cruciate Ligament Demonstrate Medial Meniscal Ramp Lesions on Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Arthroscopy The Journal Of Arthroscopic And Related Surgery 2022, 39: 592-599. PMID: 36575108, DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.10.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial meniscus ramp lesionsIntact anterior cruciate ligamentMultiligament knee injuriesAnterior cruciate ligamentMagnetic resonance imagingRamp lesionsBone bruiseBone bruisingKnee injuriesCruciate ligamentMedial meniscal ramp lesionsResonance imagingPreoperative magnetic resonance imagingMeniscal ramp lesionsRetrospective case seriesPosterior cruciate ligamentOne-thirdIntraclass correlation coefficientConsecutive patientsRetrospective reviewCase seriesLigament reconstructionOperative reportsLevel IVLevel IRepair 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 procedureExamining the Bone Bruise Patterns in Multiligament Knee Injuries With Peroneal Nerve Injury
Moran J, Schneble CA, Katz LD, Fosam A, Wang A, Li DT, Kahan JB, McLaughlin WM, Jokl P, Hewett TE, LaPrade RF, Medvecky MJ. Examining the Bone Bruise Patterns in Multiligament Knee Injuries With Peroneal Nerve Injury. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2022, 50: 1618-1626. PMID: 35384729, DOI: 10.1177/03635465221087406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiligament knee injuriesBone bruise patternsPeroneal nerve injuryMagnetic resonance imagingCPN injuryPhysical examinationBone bruisingNerve injuryBone bruisePLC injuriesKnee injuriesBruise patternsCommon peroneal nerve injuryLevel 1 trauma centerBoard-certified musculoskeletal radiologistsHigh-energy traumaPosterolateral corner injuriesLevel of evidenceCPN palsySchenck classificationInjury subtypesKnee dislocationCase seriesTrauma centerLigamentous injuries
2020
The Pathoanatomy of Posterolateral Corner Ligamentous Disruption in Multiligament Knee Injuries Is Predictive of Peroneal Nerve Injury
Kahan JB, Li D, Schneble CA, Huang P, Bullock J, Porrino J, Medvecky MJ. The Pathoanatomy of Posterolateral Corner Ligamentous Disruption in Multiligament Knee Injuries Is Predictive of Peroneal Nerve Injury. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2020, 48: 3541-3548. PMID: 33074710, DOI: 10.1177/0363546520962503.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiligament knee injuriesPeroneal nerve injuryPeroneal nerve palsyLateral collateral ligamentLocation of injuryNerve palsyNerve injuryPLC injuriesFibular avulsionMidsubstance tearsNeurovascular injuryKnee injuriesInjury patternsVascular injuryAcute posterolateral corner injuriesLevel 1 trauma centerPosterolateral corner injuriesZone of injuryLevel of evidenceHigh rateFemoral avulsionKnee cohortComplete injuryDistal injuriesCase series