Darius Lameire

• McMaster University

Background Contralateral donor autografts in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR) may act as an alternative to conventional ipsilateral donor grafts but are rarely used clinically because of the lack of evidence on patient outcomes and concerns around additional morbidity. Purpose To investigate the effect of contralateral versus...

Background Wearable activity-measurement devices are increasingly popular among the public, but there is little information regarding their use among patients undergoing sports medicine procedures. The purpose of this study was to compare accelerometer-measured data with traditional patient-reported measures and to determine the trajectory of physi...

Background Achilles tendon ruptures are the most common lower extremity tendinous rupture. While there has been extensive research into the management of mid-substance Achilles tendon ruptures, there is a paucity of literature on the management of myotendinous Achilles tendon ruptures. Methods The aim of this systematic review is to compile all av...

This study aimed to systematically review the literature to identify the incidence of avascular necrosis (AVN) following hip intra-articular corticosteroid injections (IACSIs) as well as to elucidate risk factors that may predispose patients to AVN following IACSI. The MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science databases were systematically search...

To identify and assess the clinical impact of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the surgical management of femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) through a citation analysis. MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL were searched from inception to April 22, 2023 for RCTs assessing the surgical management of FAIS. Study characteristics were dir...

Objectives: To synthesize all-cause complications and reoperations data, as well as secondary clinical, functional and radiographic outcomes following the management of very distal ulna fractures (VDUFs) either nonoperatively or operatively. Data sources: MEDLINE, Embase and Web of Science, were searched for English-language articles from incept...

Purpose: To assess the performance of the quadriceps tendon (QT) autograft in pediatric anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Methods: A systematic search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE was conducted on March 1, 2021. Studies of all levels of evidence reporting outcomes and/or complications after QT autograft ACLR in pediatric patien...

Importance A paucity of clinical evidence surrounds the effect of knee flexion angle during tibial fixation of the graft during anterior crucial ligament (ACL) reconstruction. While biomechanical studies have recently sought to revive this area of study in both single- and double-bundle graft populations, they have done so using variants of the ham...

Background: Distal femoral varus osteotomy (DFVO) is an effective surgical intervention for the management of symptomatic valgus malalignment of the knee. Because it preserves the native knee joint and its ligamentous stability, DFVO is preferred to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the young, active population. Purpose: We sought to assess return t...

Purpose The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the impact of bone grafting the patellar defect on reported anterior knee morbidity and subjective outcomes following bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. Methods A systematic electronic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochr...

Signaling events at membranes are often mediated by membrane lipid composition or membrane physical properties. These membrane properties could act either by favoring the membrane binding of downstream effectors or by modulating their activity. Several proteins can sense/generate membrane physical curvature (i.e., shape). However, the modulation of...