We welcome in another NBA season with an analysis of how COVID-19 impacted the health of NBA players during the shortened 2020-21 season.  Dr. Anikar Chhabra, MD from Mayo Clinic Arizona and his colleagues published “Effect of a Condensed NBA Season on Injury Risk - An Analysis of the 2020 Season and Player Safety” in OJSM in September.  Dr. Chhabra joins us to discuss his findings that the injury rate did increase during this shortened season that featured more back-to-back games and games per week than usual in addition to a shorter off-season.  He talks about how this trend has been seen in prior condensed seasons, the effects of inadequate rest not only with an increased workload but also with the demands of the COVID-19 testing protocol, and how these results may apply to our youth athletes who are under increasing pressure to focus on a single sport year-round, a hot topic in Sports Medicine known as Sport Specialization.

In Part 2 of our 2-part discussion on biceps tenodesis, we welcome back Dr. Eric McCarty, MD from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Dr. Adnan Saithna, MD from AZBSC Orthopedics in Scottsdale-Phoenix, AZ to discuss “Outcomes of biceps tenotomy versus tenodesis during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair,” published in OJSM in July coming to us from the University of Florida.  Our experts share their insights on this subject and the shared decision making that occurs when selecting either tenotomy or tenodesis.  Dr. Saithna, who trained and practiced in the UK prior to relocating to the US, speaks about the differences he has observed in each country when it comes to patient satisfaction and acceptance of deformity.

This week, Dr. Anthony Yu (@Anthony_YuMD) welcomes Dr. Eric McCarty from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and head team doc for the 2022 NHL champion Colorado Avalanche and Dr. Adnan Saithna (@phx_ortho) from AZBSC Orthopedics in Scottsdale-Phoenix, AZ for a 2-part discussion on biceps tenodesis, looking at this procedure in different situations.  In Part 1, we discuss “SLAP Repair Versus Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis for Isolated SLAP Type 2 Lesions in Overhead Athletes Younger Than 35 Years,” coming to us from the famed Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, published in OJSM in June. Our experts share their insights on the treatment decision-making they employ with this patient population, and how the pendulum has swung from SLAP repair to tenodesis over the years.

This week, host Anthony Yu (@Anthony_YuMD) welcomes Dr. Bert Mandelbaum from the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute (@MandelbaumMD) and Dr. Timothy McAdams from Stanford to discuss the risk of ACL rupture in soccer & football on turf versus grass. Published in May’s OJSM (@OJSM_SportsMed) courtesy of the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the study “Epidemiological Comparison of ACL injuries on different playing surfaces in high school football and soccer” examined this very topic. Dr. McAdams, head team physician of the San Francisco 49ers, and Dr. Mandelbaum, team physician for the LA Galaxy with long-standing ties with Major League Soccer and USA Soccer, discuss this study and share their unique insights on this controversial subject.

In today’s episode, host Anthony Yu (@Anthony_YuMD) welcomes Dr. Grant Garrigues (@Grant_Garrigues) from Midwest Ortho at Rush & Dr. Anshu Singh from Kaiser Permanente to discuss the study “Benefits of patch augmentation on rotator cuff repair: a systematic review and Meta-analysis" out of Campinas State University School of Medical Sciences in São Paulo, Brazil. Our experts weight the merits of patch augmentation and debate the pros and cons.

Welcome to The OJSM Hot Corner, the show where orthopaedic surgeons discuss and debate the hottest topics in Sports Medicine as brought to you by The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine (@OJSM_SportsMed). In our pilot episode, host Anthony Yu (@Anthony_YuMD) welcomes Pediatric Sports Medicine Specialist from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Dr. Crystal Perkins (@crystal_perkins), and knee guru extraordinaire from San Diego, Dr. Donald Fithian, to discuss the study “Outcomes after hamstring ACL reconstruction with suture tape reinforcement in adolescent athletes” out of Rady Children’s Hospital published in April’s OJSM. Our experts weigh the merits of suture tape reinforcement and debate the pros and cons.