{"title":"Determining Maximal Outcome Improvement Thresholds for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Primary ACL Reconstruction: A Mid-Term Follow-up Study Using the Anchor Method.","authors":"Zhi-Yu Zhang, Wei-Li Shi, Wen-Bin Bai, Le-Jin Hong, Wen-Li Dai, Xiao-Yu Pan, Xiao-Yue Fu, Jian-Quan Wang, Cheng Wang","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.23.01330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.23.01330","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The clinical interpretation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) can be challenging. This study aimed to establish the clinical relevance of PROMs by determining maximal outcome improvement (MOI) thresholds at mid-term follow-up after primary ACLR.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 343 patients who underwent primary single-bundle ACLR using hamstring tendon autograft at our institute were included. Patients were queried with a 2-option anchor question regarding satisfaction with their current knee symptom state. The MOI of a PROM was calculated for each patient as the percentage of improvement normalized by the maximal possible improvement. The MOI threshold for each PROM was determined as the optimal cutoff value for predicting patient satisfaction based on receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify predictors of achieving these thresholds. Subgroup analyses that stratified the time from injury to surgery within the cohort were performed, and MOI thresholds were recalculated within each of these subgroups. The PROMs evaluated in this study were the modified Lysholm Knee Score and the International Knee Documentation Committee Subjective Knee Evaluation Form (IKDC) score.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The calculated MOI threshold was 35.1% for the Lysholm score and 46.7% for the IKDC score. A longer time from injury to surgery reduced the odds of achieving the MOI threshold for the Lysholm score (odds ratio [OR] per time bracket = 0.7114, p < 0.0001) and IKDC score (OR = 0.8038, p = 0.0003). Male sex was associated with higher odds of achieving the MOI threshold for the IKDC score (OR = 1.9645, p = 0.0143). For patients with chronicity of ≤6 months, the MOI threshold was 35.1% for the Lysholm score and 57.9% for the IKDC score, and for patients with chronicity of >6 months, the thresholds were 24.5% and 27.1%, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The calculated MOI thresholds for the Lysholm and IKDC scores at mid-term follow-up after primary ACLR were 35.1% and 46.7%, respectively. Greater chronicity of the ACL injury was associated with lower odds of achieving the MOI thresholds for the PROMs at mid-term follow-up.</p><p><strong>Level of evidence: </strong>Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142590822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's Important: Health Literacy in Orthopaedics.","authors":"Zachary C Lum, Courtney R Lyles","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00367","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00367","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141426968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annette Eidmann, Felicitas Geiger, Tizian Heinz, Axel Jakuscheit, Denitsa Docheva, Konstantin Horas, Ioannis Stratos, Maximilian Rudert
{"title":"Our Impact on Global Warming: A Carbon Footprint Analysis of Orthopaedic Operations.","authors":"Annette Eidmann, Felicitas Geiger, Tizian Heinz, Axel Jakuscheit, Denitsa Docheva, Konstantin Horas, Ioannis Stratos, Maximilian Rudert","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00212","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The health-care sector and particularly the surgical sector are major contributors to the exacerbation of the global climate crisis. Little is known about the carbon emissions caused by surgical procedures. Therefore, the aim of this study was to estimate the carbon footprint associated with common orthopaedic surgical procedures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight surgical procedures (total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, knee arthroscopy, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, shoulder arthroscopy, elective foot surgery, revision hip arthroplasty, and revision knee arthroplasty) were selected for analysis. The inventory process was performed according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for all activity occurring in the operating room.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The carbon footprint (in CO2 equivalents, CO2e) ranged between 53.5 kg for knee arthroscopy and 125.9 kg for revision knee arthroplasty. Energy consumption accounted for 57.5% of all emissions, followed by other indirect emissions (38.8%) and direct emissions (3.7%). The largest single contributors were the supply chain (34.6%) and energy consumption for ventilation, heating, and air conditioning (32.7%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Orthopaedic surgical procedures produce considerable amounts of CO2. Reduction in and greening of energy consumption, as well as the decarbonization of the supply chain, would have the greatest impact in reducing the carbon footprint of orthopaedic surgical procedures.</p><p><strong>Clinical relevance: </strong>Orthopaedic surgical procedures contribute to the climate crisis by emitting relevant amounts of CO2. It should therefore be imperative for all orthopaedic surgeons to endeavor to find solutions to mitigate the environmental impact of their practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The CR Versus PS Debate: A Throwback Throw-Down in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Commentary on an article by Young-Hoo Kim, MD, et al: \"No Discernible Difference in Revision Rate or Survivorship Between Posterior Cruciate-Retaining and Posterior Cruciate-Substituting TKA\".","authors":"Ayesha Abdeen","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00741","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00741","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabriel-Kyrillos M Saleib, Marcel F Jonker, Mark G Van Vledder, Michael H J Verhofstad, Maria A Paping, Ruud A Leijendekkers, Oscar J F Van Waes
{"title":"Patients' Preferences for Bone-Anchored Prostheses After Lower-Extremity Amputation: A 2-Center Discrete Choice Experiment in The Netherlands (PREFER-BAP-1).","authors":"Gabriel-Kyrillos M Saleib, Marcel F Jonker, Mark G Van Vledder, Michael H J Verhofstad, Maria A Paping, Ruud A Leijendekkers, Oscar J F Van Waes","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00204","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00204","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The rising popularity and use of a bone-anchored prosthesis (BAP) involving an osseointegrated implant for patients with lower-limb amputations experiencing socket-related issues have led to increased interest in the measurement of clinical and functional outcomes. However, the value of BAP treatment characteristics from the patient perspective has not yet been investigated. This study aimed to determine the relative importance of specific BAP characteristics, and the effect of complications in quality-of-life (QoL) points and monetary utility decrement (loss [€]), using a 2-center discrete choice experiment (DCE) conducted in The Netherlands.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A DCE was developed that included the most salient characteristics of BAP treatment based on a review of the literature and qualitative and quantitative methods. The following characteristics were selected: QoL change, short- and long-term complications, osseointegrated implant survival, and out-of-pocket contributions (costs). Patients aged 18 to 99 years who were eligible for, or had already received, an osseointegrated implant were invited to participate, after informed consent, to elicit BAP treatment preferences. A Bayesian mixed logit model was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two hundred and forty-seven completed surveys were collected; 64% of the patients were male, 73% had undergone a transfemoral amputation, and 33% had >36 months of experience with a BAP. Patients considered long-term complications and QoL the most important characteristics. Long-term complications were 3.4 times more important than short-term complications. Opting out was undesirable, and patients valued better and beneficial levels (associated with better outcomes) of BAP characteristics positively. Implant removal was the level with the greatest loss among all complications, at 1.15 (95% credible interval [CI], 0.96 to 1.38) QoL points and €16,940 (95% CI, €14,780 to €19,040) loss.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>To our knowledge, this is the first study to use a DCE to elicit patients' preferences regarding BAP treatment, outcomes, and related complications; we found that patients strongly care about long-term complications. The results suggest that osseointegrated implant teams and policy-makers should consider these areas when proposing treatment protocols. Furthermore, policy and clinical guidelines for BAP treatment could be enhanced by our results with respect to patients' perspectives, management of patients' expectations, and associated losses in QoL points and monetary loss secondary to complications.</p><p><strong>Level of evidence: </strong>Therapeutic Level II . See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142143078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas Birkenes, Ove Furnes, Stein Haakon Laastad Lygre, Eirik Solheim, Asbjorn Aaroen, Gunnar Knutsen, Jon Olav Drogset, Stig Heir, Lars Engebretsen, Sverre Loken, Haavard Visnes
{"title":"Long-Term Outcomes of Arthroscopically Verified Focal Cartilage Lesions in the Knee: A 19-Year Multicenter Follow-up with Patient-Reported Outcomes.","authors":"Thomas Birkenes, Ove Furnes, Stein Haakon Laastad Lygre, Eirik Solheim, Asbjorn Aaroen, Gunnar Knutsen, Jon Olav Drogset, Stig Heir, Lars Engebretsen, Sverre Loken, Haavard Visnes","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.23.00568","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.23.00568","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Focal cartilage lesions (FCLs) are frequently found during knee arthroscopies and may impair quality of life (QoL) significantly. Several treatment options with good short-term results are available, but the natural history without any treatment is largely unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), the need for subsequent cartilage surgery, and the risk of treatment failure 20 years after diagnosis of an FCL in the knee.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients undergoing any knee arthroscopy for an FCL between 1999 and 2012 in 6 major Norwegian hospitals were identified. Inclusion criteria were an arthroscopically classified FCL in the knee, patient age of ≥18 years at surgery, and any preoperative PROM. Exclusion criteria were lesions representing knee osteoarthritis or \"kissing lesions\" at surgery. Demographic data, later knee surgery, and PROMs were collected by questionnaire. Regression models were used to adjust for and evaluate the factors impacting the long-term PROMs and risk factors for treatment failure (defined as knee arthroplasty, osteotomy, or a Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score-Quality of Life [KOOS QoL] subscore of <50).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 553 eligible patients, 322 evaluated patients (328 knees) were included and analyzed. The mean follow-up was 19.1 years, and the mean age at index FCL surgery was 36.8 years (95% confidence interval [CI], 35.6 to 38.0 years). The patients without knee arthroplasty or osteotomy had significantly better mean PROMs (pain, Lysholm, and KOOS) at the time of final follow-up than preoperatively. At the time of follow-up, 17.7% of the knees had undergone subsequent cartilage surgery. Nearly 50% of the patients had treatment failure, and the main risk factors were a body mass index of ≥25 kg/m 2 (odds ratio [OR] for overweight patients, 2.0 [95% CI, 1.1 to 3.6]), >1 FCL (OR, 1.9 [CI, 1.1 to 3.3]), a full-thickness lesion (OR, 2.5 [95% CI, 1.3 to 5.0]), and a lower level of education (OR, 1.8 [95% Cl, 1.1 to 2.8]). Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) was associated with significantly higher KOOS QoL, by 17.5 (95% CI, 3.2 to 31.7) points, and a lower risk of treatment failure compared with no cartilage treatment, microfracture, or mosaicplasty.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>After a mean follow-up of 19 years, patients with an FCL who did not require a subsequent knee arthroplasty had significantly higher PROM scores than preoperatively. Nonsurgical treatment of FCLs had results equal to those of the surgical FCL treatments except for ACI, which was associated with a better KOOS and lower risk of treatment failure. Full-thickness lesions, >1 FCL, a lower level of education, and a greater BMI were the main risk factors associated with poorer results.</p><p><strong>Level of evidence: </strong>Therapeutic Level III . See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evid","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142288127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elsa B Rodriguez-Baron, Hosaam Gawad, Basem Attum, William T Obremskey
{"title":"Delayed Unions or Nonunions of the Distal Femur: A Comprehensive Overview.","authors":"Elsa B Rodriguez-Baron, Hosaam Gawad, Basem Attum, William T Obremskey","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.23.00985","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.23.00985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>➢ The failure rate of treatment of nonunions of the distal femur with internal fixation and autologous bone grafting remains high at 20% to 30%.➢ Successful treatment of nonunions of the distal femur requires good mechanical stability combined with autologous bone graft. This may require dual-plate fixation or intramedullary nail-plate combinations.➢ Autologous bone graft remains the bone graft of choice. Bone-graft substitutes and biologics require further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142347408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Wesley Mesko, Huiyong Zheng, Richard E Hughes, Brian R Hallstrom
{"title":"Individualized Surgeon Reports in a Statewide Registry: A Pathway to Improved Outcomes.","authors":"J Wesley Mesko, Huiyong Zheng, Richard E Hughes, Brian R Hallstrom","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.23.01297","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.23.01297","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Despite progress with the development of joint replacement registries in the United States, surgeons may have limited opportunities to determine the cumulative outcome of their own patients or understand how those outcomes compare with their peers; this information is important for quality improvement. In order to provide surgeons with accurate data, it is first necessary to have a registry with complete coverage and patient matching. Some international registries have accomplished this. Building on a comprehensive statewide registry in the United States, a surgeon-specific report has been developed to provide surgeons with survivorship and complication data, which allows comparisons with other surgeons in the state. This article describes funnel plots, cumulative sum reports, complication-specific data, and patient-reported outcome measure data, which are provided to hip and knee arthroplasty surgeons with the goal of improving quality, decreasing variability in the delivery of care, and leading to improved value and outcomes for hip and knee arthroplasty in the state of Michigan.</p>","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141247227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Is the Best Way to Treat Focal Articular Cartilage Lesions of the Knee? Perhaps No Treatment at All: Commentary on an article by Thomas Birkenes, MD, et al.: \"Long-Term Outcomes of Arthroscopically Verified Focal Cartilage Lesions in the Knee. A 19-Year Multicenter Follow-up with Patient-Reported Outcomes\".","authors":"Matthew J Matava","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00777","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00777","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142581684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's Important (Arts & Humanities): My Death Education.","authors":"Shelley S Noland","doi":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00315","DOIUrl":"10.2106/JBJS.24.00315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15273,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141629698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}