2022
Incidence, Timing, and Risk Factors for 5-Year Revision Surgery After Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in 533 Patients
Gillinov SM, Fosam A, Burroughs PJ, Schneble CA, McLaughlin WM, Moran J, Jimenez AE, Grauer JN, Medvecky MJ. Incidence, Timing, and Risk Factors for 5-Year Revision Surgery After Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation in 533 Patients. The American Journal Of Sports Medicine 2022, 50: 2893-2899. PMID: 35916771, DOI: 10.1177/03635465221111115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBony realignment proceduresAutologous chondrocyte implantationBody mass indexPrimary Autologous Chondrocyte ImplantationRevision surgeryRisk factorsRealignment proceduresPostoperative yearKnee arthroplastyFemale sexChondrocyte implantationECI scoresElixhauser comorbidity index scoreChondral defectsComorbidity Index scoreKaplan-Meier analysisLarge national cohortUnicompartmental knee arthroplastyTotal knee arthroplastyOsteochondral allograft transplantationLevel of evidenceOsteochondral autograft transferArticular cartilage proceduresFull-thickness chondral defectsChondral procedures
2020
Novel repair of a quadriceps tendon rupture after a total knee arthroplasty using gracilis and semitendinosus autografts
Jimenez A, Bedeir YH, Hasselfeld KA, Hasselfeld KA, Branam BR. Novel repair of a quadriceps tendon rupture after a total knee arthroplasty using gracilis and semitendinosus autografts. The Knee 2020, 27: 1446-1450. PMID: 33010760, DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2020.07.090.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsQuadriceps tendon ruptureTotal knee arthroplastyTendon ruptureTendon autograftKnee arthroplastyGracilis tendon autograftAlternative surgical optionSetting of TKALong-term outcomesMinimal donor site morbidityStraight leg raiseDonor site morbidityResidual painExtensor lagObese patientsSemitendinosus autograftSurgical optionsLeg raiseFavorable outcomeSimilar complicationsDirect repairMost previous reportsSatisfactory outcomeSite morbidityUnsatisfactory outcome