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The current issue is a banquet of clinically relevant scientific material, so we're keeping this editorial short. Readers may share our excitement about the appetizing, initial contribution from the current ISAKOS Scientific Committee. A guest editorial,1Marx R.G. Karlsson J. Woo S.-L. Clinical decision making based on evidence.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25 (editorial): 224Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar Introduction,2Bhandari M. Evidence-based medicine: Why bother?.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 296-297Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (7) Google Scholar and the first in a series of systematic reviews3Brophy R.H. Marx R.G. The treatment of traumatic anterior instability of the shoulder: Nonoperative and surgical treatment.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 298-304Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (156) Google Scholar provide us an international, evidence-based perspective on the state of our field. Shoulder surgeons, dare we suggest, may salivate over the clinically relevant biomechanical,4Burkhart S.S. Adams C.R. Burkhart S.S. Schoolfield J.D. A biomechanical comparison of 2 techniques of footprint reconstruction for rotator cuff repair: The SwiveLock-FiberChain construct versus standard double-row repair.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 274-281Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (87) Google Scholar, 5Su W.-R. Budoff J.E. Luo Z.P. The effect of anterosuperior rotator cuff tears on glenohumeral translation.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 282-289Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (75) Google Scholar histologic,6Snyder S.J. Arnoczky S.P. Bond J.L. Dopirak R. Histologic evaluation of a biopsy specimen obtained 3 months after rotator cuff augmentation with GraftJacket matrix.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 329-333Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (107) Google Scholar and anatomic7DeFranco M.J. Cole B.J. Current perspectives on rotator cuff anatomy.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 305-320Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (33) Google Scholar analyses herein. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then rotator cuff surgeons can anticipate a surfeit of educationally valuable material. Among the fine knee articles are a pair of main courses drawing our focus to both diagnosis8Jung Y.-B. Lee Y.S. Jung H.-J. Nam C.-H. Evaluation of posterolateral rotatory knee instability using the dial test according to tibial positioning.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 257-261Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (29) Google Scholar and treatment9Schechinger S.J. Levy B.A. Dajani K.A. Shah J.P. Herrera D.A. Marx R.G. Achilles tendon allograft reconstruction of the fibular collateral ligament and posterolateral corner.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 232-242Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar of the posterolateral corner. In addition, for those who missed (the rather tart) dessert the first,10Chu C.R. Izzo N.J. Papas N.E. Fu F.H. In vitro exposure to 0.5% bupivicaine is cytotoxic to bovine articular chondrocytes.Arthroscopy. 2006; 22: 693-699Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (217) Google Scholar second,11Gomoll A.H. Kang R.W. Williams J.M. Bach B.R. Cole B.J. Chondrolysis after continuous intra-articular bupivacaine infusion: An experimental model investigating chondrotoxicity in the rabbit shoulder.Arthroscopy. 2006; 22: 813-819Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (198) Google Scholar and third12Lubowitz J. Poehling G. Glenohumeral thermal capsulorrhaphy is not recommended—Shoulder chondrolysis requires additional research.Arthroscopy. 2007; 23: 687Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (32) Google Scholar times around, high levels of bupivacaine are cytotoxic to chondrocytes, and continuous intra-articular infusion of bupivacaine can not be recommended pending research to the contrary.13Anz A. Smith M.J. Stoker A. et al.The effect of bupivacaine and morphine in a coculture model of diarthrodial joints.Arthroscopy. 2009; 25: 225-231Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (51) Google Scholar As promised, we've kept this editorial concise, yet readers are forewarned that our March 2009 issue is anything but short on vital, informative articles. Fortunately, March is a month of a full 31 days; readers maybe advised to indulge in a series of small bites of the current issue, as opposed to trying to digest this nutritious meal in a single sitting.
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