An arthroscopic technique for the surgical treatment of acute acromioclavicular (AC) joint injuries is presented in this study. This procedure aims to achieve both vertical and horizontal stability through the healing of both coracoclavicular (CC) and AC ligaments. As a routine maneuver, arthroscopic CC stabilization was applied using the dog bone button to obtain only vertical stability. Additional arthroscopic AC joint fixation with suture tape augmentation is simple and easy and provides a safe technique to achieve horizontal stability of the joint and to increase the vertical stability to minimize the complications of standard CC reconstruction techniques.

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Early [stage I and II (T2N0M0)] laryngeal cancer types are currently recommended to be treated with a single modality, consisting of definitive radiation therapy or larynx-preserving surgery. Although the treatment outcomes of stage I are good, the frequency of successful outcomes decreases with T2N0M0. Therefore, the present study investigated the treatment outcomes of different treatment methods in T2N0M0 laryngeal cancer. In total, 83 patients with previously untreated T2N0M0 laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma were enrolled. Patients were grouped by treatment method: Radiation therapy (RT; 27 patients); chemoradiotherapy (CRT; 46 patients) with cisplatin base; and surgery-based therapy (SBT; ten patients). The recurrence rates of the RT, CRT and SBT groups were 44.4, 19.6 and 50%, respectively. Moreover, the local control rates of the RT, CRT and SBT groups were 55.6, 87.0 and 80%, respectively. The CRT group had a significantly lower recurrence rate and higher local control rate compared with the RT group (P<0.05). In the survival analysis, overall and disease-specific survival rate did not differ significantly among the treatment groups. However, 3-and 5-year disease-free survival rates (DFS) of the RT group were both 55%, those of the SBT group were both 50% and those of the CRT group were both 80%. Furthermore, the DFS was significantly higher in CRT group compared with the other groups (P= 0.02). Using multivariate analysis with Cox regression, it was found that the treatment method was the most important factor for DFS and had a significant impact in the CRT group. In addition, in patients with glottic cancer with anterior commissure and subglottic invasion, the CRT group had significantly improved DFS compared with the RT group, whereas there was no significant difference between the two groups in patients without subglottic invasion. According to National Cancer Institution Common Toxicity Criteria (version 5.0), more patients had toxicity in the CRT group compared with the RT group. However, in the RT and CRT groups, no patients demonstrated mortality due to toxicity, and treatment-related toxicities were manageable. Collectively, although definitive conclusions could not be established, due to the limitations of this retrospective study, the results suggest that CRT had a positive impact on the local control and DFS rates with manageable toxicity in patients with T2N0M0 laryngeal cancer.

Purpose:In the treatment of trigger thumb, inadequate or excessive release of the flexor pulley can lead to secondary complications such as bowstringing. However, few studies detailed bowstringing after surgical release of the A1 pulley for trigger thumb and its influence on hand function.The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the release of the A1 pulley causes bowstringing in the treatment of trigger thumb, and how the percutaneous technique is beneficial to bowstringing and clinical function over open technique. Methods: The author prospectively reviewed 31 patients with resistant trigger thumb who were randomized to undergo either percutaneous release (17 patients) or open release (14 patients) of the A1 pulley. We quantified bowstringing of the thumb using ultrasonography at 12 and 24 weeks after surgery. Clinical outcomes were analyzed to correlate with the ultrasonographic measurements. Results: Each cohort showed a significant improvement in all clinical outcomes (p<0.05), with no difference between the groups at each follow-up (p>0.05). The bowstringing was greater increased at 12 weeks after surgery in both groups compared to before surgery (5.71±1.04 mm vs. 5.20±0.79 mm, p=0.039). However, the difference of those values was not significant at 24 weeks' follow-up (5.02±0.71 mm vs. 4.86±0.33 mm, p=0.671) There was no significant correlation between the bowstringing and any clinical outcome measures (p>0.271). Conclusion: Open A1 pulley release caused greater bowstringing than percutaneous technique at initial after surgery. However, bowstringing did not affect clinical hand function in patients treated with either percutaneous or open technique.

We sought to evaluate proper elbow arthroscopy portal placement in pediatric and adolescent patients. Overall, 109 pediatric and adolescent patients who underwent elbow arthrography were included. Condylar width was measured and the proximal anterior joint capsule location was determined using the ulna-capsular distance. Condylar width and Bone mass index(BMI) also had a high positive correlation coefficient with the proximal joint capsule location. Proximal ulnar border is recommended new bony landmark in pediatric and adolescent patients who undergo elbow arthroscopy. In particular, condylar width and BMI were found to have a high positive correlation with the proximal joint capsule location.