Chief of Sports Brigham and Women's, Co-Chair MGB sports, Harvard Assoc. Professor and Cartilage Surgeon. Tweets my own ≠ medical advice,RT ≠ endorsement
Discussing all things #cartilage of the knee with an all-star cast
#aana2022@AANAORG
Cells, Allografts, matrices, mechanical environment (alignment, meniscus, ligament)
@DrNikhilVerma Over 40 BPTB allo as good as auto( Moon data). Its shared decision making time , inform the patient and see what they are comfortable with.
@RyanneMDMBA Publishing for the sake of publishing( publish or perish) is a concept i never understood. Unless you feel you add to the knowledge don’t publish. Its no measure of how good a physician or human you are.
@RachelFrankMD@DocMatzkin@MGB_Sports@harvardortho I like two stage.
Bone graft both tunnels with dowels, get ct at 4 months, do well placed “ quasi” primary acl second stage. Difficult for to bone graft and then trust and rely upon the graft to support the tunnel single stage
@SimonGortz@NaanDerthaal One wheel, sooo tempting, sooo bad for you.
One tip: if you fall, embrace the fall and roll, dont lock your legs or try to stick the landing. Abrasions heal, knee dislocations and meniscus tears are a lot harder to heal