UPMC Physicians and Researchers Present at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 2018 Annual Meeting (AOSSM)

The AOSSM 2018 Annual Meeting will be held July 5-8 in San Diego, CA. Throughout the four days of the conference, attendees will have access to research and educational programming in a variety of formats. AOSSM gathers together nearly 1,300 medicine specialists, practitioners, and elite orthopaedic sports medicine experts. UPMC physicians and researchers will be well-represented with presentations, poster sessions, and abstracts.

Some of these presentations and abstracts include:

General Session – Knee Ligament/Meniscus

Moderator:

Freddie H. Fu, MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Debate: Anatomic Is the Only Way vs. It's All the Same

Including: Volker Musahl, MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Outcomes: What Is the Least We Need?

James J. Irrgang PhD, PT, ATC

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Panelist:

James J. Irrgang PhD, PT, ATC

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Paper 152: Arthroscopic SLAP IIb Repair Using Knot-Tying vs. Knotless Suture Anchors: Is There a Difference?

Justin W. Arner, MD; Joseph De Groot, MD, and James P. Bradley, MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Paper 161: Direction of Capsular Strain Implies Surgical Repair Following Recurrent Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

Including: Tetsuya Takenaga, MD, PhD¹; Albert Lin, MD²; Calvin Chan, MS¹; Volker Musahl, MD², and

Richard Debski, PhD¹,

¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

² UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Paper 162: Risk Factors for Recurrent Shoulder Instability After Arthroscopic Revision Anterior Stabilization

Favian Su, BS; Marcin Kowalczuk, MD; Stephenson Amanze Ikpe, MD; Hannah Lee, MD, PhD; Soheil Sabzevari, MD, and Albert Lin, MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Paper 165: Unloader Knee Brace Increases Medial Compartment Joint Space During Gait in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients

Kanto Nagai, MD, PhD; Shumeng Yang; Freddie H. Fu,  MD, and William Anderst, PhD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Paper 166: Posterior Translation of the Fibula Is a Critical Factor in the Stability of the Syndesmosis After Injury and Repair

Neel Patel, MD; Thomas Rudolf Pfeiffer, MD; Jan-Hendrik Naendrup, BS; Conor Murphy, MD; Jason Zlotnicki, MD; Richard Debski, PhD; MaCalus Vinson Hogan, MD, and Volker Musahl, MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Posters:

A Cam Shaped Femur Might Be a Risk Factor for ACL Injuries

Including: Thomas Rudolf Pfeiffer¹; Jeremy M. Burnham, MD¹; Ajay C. Kanakamedala¹; James J. Irrgang, PT, PhD, ATC¹, and Richard Debski, PhD¹,

Volker Musahl MD¹

¹UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Incidence and Risk Factors for Failure of Arthroscopic Posterior Capsulolabral Reconstruction

James P. Bradley, MD; Justin W. Arner, MD; Sachidhanand Jayakumar, BS, and

Dharmesh Vyas, MD, PhD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Comparison of Short-Term Biodex Results After Anatomic ACL Reconstruction Between Three Autografts

Including: Jeremy M. Burnham MD²; Angela Hirsh²; Volker Musahl, MD²; Freddie H. Fu, MD²; James J. Irrgang, PT, PhD, ATC², and Andrew D. Lynch, PT, PhD²

²UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Effect of Meniscal Ramp Repair on Knee Kinematics, ACL in Situ Force and Bony Contact Forces - A Biomechanical Study

Thomas Rudolf Pfeiffer, MD; Jan Hendrik Naendrup; Calvin Chan; Kanto Nagai, MD, PhD;

João V. Novaretti; Richard Debski, PhD, and Volker Musahl,  MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Talar Motion Is Constrained by Tricortical Screw Fixation of the Syndesmosis: A Cadaveric Robotic Study

Neel K. Patel, MD; Thomas Rudolf Pfeiffer, MD; Jan-Hendrik Naendrup, BS; Conor Murphy, MD;

Jason Zlotnicki, MD; Richard Debski, PhD; Volker Musahl MD, and MaCalus Vinson Hogan, MD UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Jones Fracture in the Elite Athlete: Patient Reported Outcomes Following Fixation with BMAC

Including: Dwayne Carney¹; Monique C. Chambers, MD, MSL¹; Joseph James Kromka¹/ Dukens LaBaze¹/ Volker Musahl,  MD¹, and Bryson P. Lesniak, MD¹,

MaCalus Vinson Hogan MD¹

¹UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Type VIII Slap Repair: Patient-Reported Outcomes of 34 Patients with Minimum 4-Year Follow-Up

Justin W. Arner, MD; Mitchell Stephen Fourman, MD; Steven Bayer, BS;

Darren L. de Sa, MD, FRCSC; Dharmesh Vyas, MD, PhD, and James P. Bradley, MD

UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA