Dr. Frank Noyes recently published the results of a unique clinical research study in which patients with LCL injuries received a reconstruction and were then followed up to 13 years to determine the outcome. View Entire Story

G. James Sammarco, M.D., presented research done by himself and Dr. V. James Sammarco on Surgical Treatment of Tibialis Anterior Tendon Ruptures. This is the largest series of this condition reported in the literature. The results using Dr. G.J. and V.J. Sammarco’s techniques show excellent strength of the repaired tendon and dramatic improvement in patient function with repair.

Dr. G. James Sammarco presents original research on Demineralized Bone Matrix (DBM) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in Cleveland, Ohio. The meeting was titled “Bone Innovations Summit” and was attended by orthopaedic surgeons and scientists who specialize in bone and cartilage repair.

Dr. Thomas Lindenfeld’s Meniscus Repair and Treatment of Arthrofibrosis Orthopaedic Textbook Chapters Selected for “Best of Sports Medicine” by AAOS. View Entire Story

Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Research Foundation Publish New Findings on Knee Ligament Injuries. View Entire Story

Premier knee surgeon Frank R. Noyes, MD and colleagues at Cincinnati SportsMedicine Research and Education Foundation reported encouraging results of revision ACL reconstruction in this month’s prestigious The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. View Entire Story

An advanced arthroscopic suturing procedure can successfully save a crucial part of the knee – the meniscus - in adolescents and children as young as nine years of age, says leading orthopaedic surgeon Frank R. Noyes, MD of Cincinnati SportsMedicine and Orthopaedic Center. View Entire Story

Dr. Noyes and Research Team Publish Articles in Two Consecutive issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; one of the most prestigious journals in medicine.

Dr. Noyes and his research team in Cincinnati published articles in two consecutive issues of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), the most widely read journal in orthopaedics. The articles focused on two of the most complex and sophisticated knee operations for surgeons to perform; posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and meniscus transplantation.

In the June JBJS issue, Jason Shearn, Ph.D., Edward Grood, Ph.D. and Dr. Noyes published “Two-bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: How Bundle Tension depends on Femoral Placement”. This article described a biomechanical project conducted at the Noyes Tissue Engineering and Biomechanics Laboratories, located within the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Noyes developed a unique two-bundle reconstruction method to improve the results of PCL reconstruction, which historically have been unpredictable. This investigation provided data for the first time which determined exactly where to place the graft bundles on the femur to most closely replicate the function of the native PCL.

In the July JBJS issue, Noyes teamed with Sue Barber-Westin, B.S., and Marc Rankin, M.D., to published the first investigation to appear in JBJS on the clinical outcome of meniscus transplantation, “Meniscal Transplantation in Symptomatic Patients Less Than Fifty Years Old”. This study followed 40 patients who received meniscus allografts for an average of 3.4 years postoperatively. A strict rating system was used to determine the outcome, including magnetic resonance imaging, comprehensive knee examinations, x-rays, and completion of validated research forms. The results were encouraging, as 89% rated their knee condition improved, pain with routine daily activities was reduced or eliminated in 68%, and 76% were able to return to low-impact sports without problems. However, the long-term results of the operation remain unknown and the researchers will continue to follow these patients to provide further information to the community.

Cincinnati Sportsmedicine physicians and researchers from the Noyes Tissue Engineering and Biomechanics Laboratories at the Department of Bioengineering, University of Cincinnati, presented a total of 14 lectures and 5 poster presentations this month. The lectures were given during the Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Specialty Day Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.

Topics included tissue engineering, meniscus repair and transplantation, posterior cruciate ligament and posterolateral ligament reconstruction, and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Dr. Frank Noyes and Dr. Thomas Lindenfeld chaired Instructional Course Lectures attended by several hundred orthopaedic surgeons. Dr. Noyes also presented two scientific papers on the results of clinical outcome studies on PCL reconstruction and meniscus transplantation. The annual meeting of the AAOS is the largest meeting of its kind in the world for orthopaedic surgeons and researchers, drawing 12,000-15,000 attendees.