Main Written Summaries Listing Audio-Digest Foundation: Archived Written Summaries: Orthopaedics: 2007 ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 12 December 1, 2007 Partial–thickness rotator cuff tears and PASTA lesions – Timothy E. Foster, MD Arthroscopic subscapularis tears – Sumant G.. Krishnan, MD Surgical essentials of rotator cuff anatomy and tears – Robert E. Hunter, MD The irreparable rotator cuff tear – Dr. Krishnan Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Boston University School Of Medicine’s Evaluation And Treatment Of The Injured Athlete TRAUMA TREATMENT Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 11 November 1, 2007 Tibial malunions: strategies – Mark C. Reilly, MD Femoral neck injuries: tips and pearls – Dean G. Lorich, MD Orthobiologics in orthopaedics – Thomas A. Einhorn, MD, Boston, MA Demineralized bone matrix: useful adjunct? – Bradley R. Merk, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 9th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium ARTICULAR CARTILAGE: CURRENT CONCEPTS Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 10 October 1, 2007 Articular cartilage in 2007: an overview – Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD Management of partial thickness cartilage defects – James H. Lubowitz, MD Microfracture technique results and rehabilitation – Nicholas A. DiNubile, MD Autologous chondrocyte implantation: present and future approaches – Dr. DiNubile New cartilage scaffolds – Dr. Sgaglione Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Boston University School Of Medicine's Evaluation And Treatment Of The Injured Athlete: Sports Medicine Update 2007 SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 09 September 1, 2007 Indications and techniques – Jon J.P. Warner, MD Tips for glenoid exposure – Evan L. Flatow, MD Shoulder arthroplasty vs hemiarthroplasty: where is the axillary nerve? – T. Bradley Edwards, MD Exposure and experience with a contoured artificial prosthetic resurfacing system – James E. Tibone, MD Subscapularis repair after shoulder arthroplasty: biomechanical and clinical validation of a novel technique – Sumant Krishnan, MD Evaluation and decisions in revision instability surgery – Felix H. Savoie III, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. SURGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE KNEE Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 08 August 1, 2007 Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction: bone–patellar–tendon–bone – Kurt P. Spindler, MD ACL reconstruction: quadriceps tendon – John P. Fulkerson, MD ACL reconstruction: EndoButton – Richard Parker, MD ACL reconstruction: two–incision – Dr. Spindler ACL in the skeletally immature knee – George A. Paletta, Jr, MD Capsular ligaments not requiring surgery – Peter A. Indelicato, MD Combined MCL/ACL/PCL injuries – Russell F. Warren, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From Cleveland Clinic's Knee Innovation Summit: From Birth To Death UPPER EXTREMITY UPDATE Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 07 July 1, 2007 Assessment and treatment of radial nerve palsy – Robin R. Richards, MD Sports–related hand injuries – James L. Mahoney, MD Assessment and treatment of ulnar wrist pain – Herbert von Schroeder, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Points of Care–(Hand Injuries) Patient expectations: often underestimate problem; advise patients–swelling persists 3 to 6 mo; joint stiffness lasts months; with PIP joint ligament disruption or operation on phalanx, permanent deformity possible and swelling and irregularity certain; with appropriate management, risk of arthritis low From The Univ of Toronto Faculty of Med's 23rd Annual Upper Extremity Update, Mar 20, 2007 FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 06 June 1, 2007 Forefoot pain in patient with bunion: investigations – Stephen J. Pinney, MD Hallus varus surgery – Timothy R. Daniels, MD OCD lesions of the talus – Dr. Pinney Achilles’ tendon disease: basic science and clinical care – Mark Glazebrook, MD, PhD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. Points of Care – Be aware of factors you cannot do anything about (reason for extensive counseling before surgery; ligamentous laxity; wide forefoot; forefoot adductus; unrealistic patient expectations) ... History: ankle pain; crepitation; ankle sprain 2 to 4 mo previously; persistent symptoms; mechanism of injury– often inversion/plantar flexion; causes central-medial lesion (from compression; more common) and lateral lesion (from shearing; more often symptomatic); history of instability– recurrent ankle sprains or "giving way"; lateral symptoms; instability may require treatment during surgery ... Examination: Understanding surface anatomy expedites diagnosis; source of pain may be from ankle-joint line on anterolateral side, anterior talofibular ligament, sinus tarsi, peroneal tendons ... Diagnosis: consider sources of pain other than lesion – posterior tibial tendon; anterior ankle impingement (injury to inferior fibers of anterior tibiofibular ligament; not urusally visible on MRI) Drs. Pinney, Daniels, and Glazebrook at the Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Symposium, March 30-31, 2007, i ADVANCES IN SPINAL SURGERY Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 05 May 1, 2007 Diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic nerve blocks – Howard L. Rosner, MD Update on spinal cord stimulation – Christopher J. Zarembinski, MD Discography issues and perspectives – Avrom Gart, MD Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. TIBIAL FRACTURES Audio-Digest Orthopaedics Volume 30, Issue 04 April 1, 2007 Tibial shaft fractures: current concepts – Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD High–energy intraarticular distal tibia fractures – Mark C. Reilly, MD Tibial malunions – Dr. Reilly Panel discussion –Drs Anglen and Reilly; Michael D. Stover, MD, Maywood, IL; Michael S. Sirken, MD, Newark, NJ Click here to read an abstracted written summary of this program. From The 8th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium