The American journal of sports medicine
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Risks and mechanisms of head, face, and eye injuries in high school and college lacrosse are not well documented. ⋯ Although permitting only incidental contact, women's lacrosse had higher rates of head, face, and eye injuries at both the high school and collegiate levels. Concussion was the most common injury. For men, the primary injury mechanism was player-to-player contact; women's injuries primarily resulted from stick or ball contact. High school injury rates were lower than were college rates, but the nature of injuries, body parts affected, and mechanisms were similar.
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In situ fixation of unstable lesions of osteochondral dissecans of the knees with cylindrical osteochondral autograft transplantation has been reported to provide excellent results with healing of the osteochondral dissecans fragment. ⋯ Biological fixation of the osteochondral dissecans lesion with cylindrical osteochondral autograft provided healing of the osteochondral fragments.
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As soccer participation in the United States increases, so does the number of children at risk for injury. ⋯ When comparing these data to available national statistics that estimate participation in youth soccer, true injury rates may actually be decreasing for boys and girls. Young children should be closely supervised because of risk of head injuries and rate of hospitalization. The establishment of a national database of soccer participation and injury data is needed to better identify injury risks.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Patient-controlled analgesia after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: subacromial catheter versus intravenous injection.
No study has compared pain control results between patient-controlled subacromial infusion and intravenous injection after arthroscopic shoulder surgery. ⋯ Patient-controlled analgesia after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair showed that both subacromial infusion of bupivacaine and intravenous injection of fentanyl and ketorolac tromethamine were equally effective and clinically equivalent pain control methods.