We return today with Dr. Brett Owens to shift our discussion of MCL tears on to the treatment of isolated and combined MCL injuries, then wrap up with a discussion on safe return to play. Our conversation picks back up with a level 1 prospective multicenter RCT from the March 2022 issue of AJSM titled “Comparative Outcomes Occur After Superficial Medial Collateral Ligament Augmented Repair vs. Reconstruction.” Fifty-four patients with grade III MCL injuries were randomized to either MCL augmented repair or MCL reconstruction using a free semitendinosus autograft. At 1-year post-op, there was ..read more

On this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. William Bugbee and focus on OCA surgical technique and then discuss clinical outcomes including return to sports. Our conversation picks back up with a recent paper from the July issue of Cartilage this year titled “Young Age and Concomitant or Prior Bony Realignment Procedures are Associated with Decreased Risk of Failure of Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation in the Knee.” This retrospective nationwide database study represents the largest OCA cohort study to date and found that less than 2% of patients required salvage sur ..read more

On today’s episode we’re focusing on osteochondral allograft transplantation or “OCA” with Dr. William Bugbee. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on OCA, including allograft preparation and storage, graft choice, surgical technique, clinical outcomes of OCA and return to sport.  We’ll start off our discussion today with an article authored by our guest, Dr. William Bugbee, from the May 2022 issue of AJSM titled “Fresh Osteochondral and Chondral Allograft Preservation and Storage Media: A Systematic Review of the Literature.”  There was sign ..read more

On this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. William Bugbee and focus on OCA surgical technique and then discuss clinical outcomes including return to sports. Our conversation picks back up with a recent paper from the July issue of Cartilage this year titled “Young Age and Concomitant or Prior Bony Realignment Procedures are Associated with Decreased Risk of Failure of Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation in the Knee.” This retrospective nationwide database study represents the largest OCA cohort study to date and found that less than 2% of patients required salvage sur ..read more

On today’s episode we’re focusing on osteochondral allograft transplantation or “OCA” with Dr. William Bugbee. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on OCA, including allograft preparation and storage, graft choice, surgical technique, clinical outcomes of OCA and return to sport.  We’ll start off our discussion today with an article authored by our guest, Dr. William Bugbee, from the May 2022 issue of AJSM titled “Fresh Osteochondral and Chondral Allograft Preservation and Storage Media: A Systematic Review of the Literature.”  There was sign ..read more

On today’s episode we’re focusing on osteochondral allograft transplantation or “OCA” with Dr. William Bugbee. We have some great articles for you that contribute well to our conversation on OCA, including allograft preparation and storage, graft choice, surgical technique, clinical outcomes of OCA and return to sport.  We’ll start off our discussion today with an article authored by our guest, Dr. William Bugbee, from the May 2022 issue of AJSM titled “Fresh Osteochondral and Chondral Allograft Preservation and Storage Media: A Systematic Review of the Literature.”  There was sign ..read more

Our latest segment addition - “Ask The Sports Docs” - Drs. Logan & Bassett answer listeners' most pressing orthopaedic & sports medicine questions, giving  insight to their opinions and expertise on these topics.  On this episode, The Sports Docs will touch on Anterior Knee Pain after knee surgery and the use of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) in their practice. We appreciate this episodes questions from Jenny L. fromTennessee and Gary P. from Indiana. Would you like your question answered by The Sports Docs? Send inquiries to: thesportsdocspod@gmail.com ..read more

Today, we’re focusing on acromioclavicular or “AC” separations in the NFL, also known as “AC sprains." Derek Carr, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, sustained an AC sprain in the loss to the Green Bay Packers. As always, our plan today is to start with an overview of the relevant anatomy, discuss the mechanism of injury followed by treatment options for these players, and then wrap up with what you all want to know – when do players typically return to play after this injury and how do they do once they return?  Links to discussed papers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24057030/ h ..read more

Welcome to an episode of the Injury Report! Yes, initially these were included in our patient-focused Game Plan episodes but we get so many questions each week about different NFL injuries (How long will they be out? How will they do once they return?) that we decided to create an entirely different episode type.  Today, we’re focusing on high ankle sprains in the NFL – most recently plaguing Khalil Herbert of the Chicago Bears and Saquon Barkley earlier this season of the NY Giants.  We’ll discuss the mechanism of injury, treatment options for these players and  importantly ..read more

In this episode, we’re going to continue our discussion with Dr. Matt Provencher and focus on ACL tears in the military, then wrap up with a discussion on returning tactical athletes to full duty.  Our conversation picks back up with an article from the February issue of OJSM this tear titled “Failure Rates After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair With Suture Tape Augmentation in an Active-Duty Military Population.” This level 2 case series reported a significantly high failure rate of 26% in patients who underwent repair of proximal ACL avulsions augmented with a suture tape internal brac ..read more