Matthew J. Matava

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated an outbreak of abscesses due to MRSA among members of a professional football team and examined the transmission and microbiologic characteristics of the outbreak strain.

TL;DR: A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial involving symptomatic patients 45 years of age or older with a meniscal tear and evidence of mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis on imaging found no significant differences between the study groups in functional improvement 6 months after randomization.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the percentage of high school and collegiate American football players who successfully returned to play at their previous level of competition, investigate self-reported performance for those players able to return to play or reason(s) for not returning to play, and elucidate risk factors responsible for players not being able or not returning at the same level of performance.

TL;DR: A dramatically elevated failure rate was noted after revision ACL reconstruction; this rate was nearly three to four times the failure rate in prospective series of primary ACL reconstructions.

TL;DR: Improved sports function and patient-reported outcome measures are obtained when an autograft is used, and graft choice proved to be a significant predictor of 2-year IKDC scores.