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Regional Variability In Use Of A Novel Assessment Of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: United States Versus International Surgeons, John Ratliff, Neel Anand, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Moe R. Lim, Joon Y. Lee, Paul Arnold, James S. Harrop, Raja Rampersaud, Christopher M. Bono, Ralf H. Gahr, Trauma Study Group Spine
Regional Variability In Use Of A Novel Assessment Of Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: United States Versus International Surgeons, John Ratliff, Neel Anand, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Moe R. Lim, Joon Y. Lee, Paul Arnold, James S. Harrop, Raja Rampersaud, Christopher M. Bono, Ralf H. Gahr, Trauma Study Group Spine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers
Background: Considerable variability exists in clinical approaches to thoracolumbar fractures. Controversy in evaluation and nomenclature contribute to this confusion, with significant differences found between physicians, between different specialties, and in different geographic regions. A new classification system for thoracolumbar injuries, the Thoracolumbar Injury Severity Score (TLISS), was recently described by Vaccaro. No assessment of regional differences has been described. We report regional variability in use of the TLISS system between United States and non-US surgeons.
Methods: Twenty-eight spine surgeons (8 neurosurgeons and 20 orthopedic surgeons) reviewed 56 clinical thoracolumbar injury case histories, which included pertinent imaging studies. Cases were classified …
Management Of Morel-Lavallee Lesion Of The Knee: Twenty-Seven Cases In The National Football League, Samir G. Tejwani, Steven B. Cohen, James P. Bradley
Management Of Morel-Lavallee Lesion Of The Knee: Twenty-Seven Cases In The National Football League, Samir G. Tejwani, Steven B. Cohen, James P. Bradley
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: The Morel-Lavallee lesion is a closed degloving injury most commonly described in the region of the hip joint after blunt trauma. It also occurs in the knee as a result of shearing trauma during football and is a distinct lesion from prepatellar bursitis and quadriceps contusion.
PURPOSE: To review the authors' experience with Morel-Lavallee lesion of the knee in the elite contact athlete to construct a diagnostic and treatment algorithm.
STUDY DESIGN: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.
METHODS: Twenty-seven knees in 24 players were identified from 1 National Football League team's annual injury database as having sustained a …
Rotator Cuff Contusions Of The Shoulder In Professional Football Players: Epidemiology And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings, Steven B. Cohen, Jeffrey D. Towers, James P. Bradley
Rotator Cuff Contusions Of The Shoulder In Professional Football Players: Epidemiology And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings, Steven B. Cohen, Jeffrey D. Towers, James P. Bradley
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: No published reports have studied the epidemiology and magnetic resonance imaging findings associated with rotator cuff contusions of the shoulder in professional football players.
PURPOSE: To determine a single professional football team's incidence, treatment, and magnetic resonance imaging appearance of players sustaining rotator cuff contusions of the shoulder.
STUDY DESIGN: Case series; Level of evidence, 4.
METHODS: From 1999 to 2005, a North American professional football team's injury records were retrospectively reviewed for athletes who had sustained a rotator cuff contusion of the shoulder during in-season participation. Those patients who had magnetic resonance imaging of the shoulder with a …