Anatomic Arthroscopic Primary Repair of Proximal Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tears

Favorable Patient-Reported, Clinical, and Functional Outcomes 2 Years After ACL Repair and InternalBrace Augmentation Compared With ACL Reconstruction and Healthy Controls: Response

“…In addition to the reported significantly shorter surgery time, which is not only beneficial for the patients (eg, less time under anesthesia) but also for the surgeons (eg, less time in the operating room), and nowadays is also economically relevant, obvious advantages of ACL-IB compared with ACLR are the absence of donor-site morbidity because of graft harvesting and the less invasive drilling tunnels, as well as easier revision surgery if needed. 16 However, as we clearly state in the conclusions in our article, ACL-IB “achieves comparable patient-reported, clinical, and functional outcomes with” ACL-R and can therefore be considered a reliable surgical treatment option for carefully selected patients represented by our study cohort (ie, middle-aged patients with proximal ACL tears, good tissue quality, and an early operation). In particular, it is well described in the literature that for other ACL patients (eg, patients with midsubstance tears or young patients), ACL-IB cannot be considered a favorable alternative to ACLR.…”

Arthroscopic Repair of Rotator Cuff Tears Using a Suture Hook With Lasso Loop for Forward Suture Passing

“…A non-negligible risk of the rotator cuff suture passer device is the breakage of the needle core at the head end. 6 Once broken, the surgeon needs to spend a lot of effort to find and remove it, and it can cause additional harm to the patient. In addition, when using the rotator cuff suture passer device to sew a rotator cuff, the puncture point is limited to the distance from the tear edge, and the suture may be damaged during stitching.…”