2022 AOSSM Annual Meeting Recordings with CME-Management Of Sublime Tubercle Injuries In Adolescent Throwing Athletes

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In a video transcript, the speaker expresses gratitude to Lieutenant Commander Fogelman for their work on a project, which aimed to evaluate the best treatment for sublime tubercle avulsions in teenage athletes. The study collected data from 40 patients and focused on 14 baseball players with simple sublime tubercle avulsions. Half were treated with casting while the other half had limited activity. Following surgery for those who underwent UCL reconstruction, all patients had successful outcomes. The study concluded that immobilization and proper management of the injury can lead to successful treatment without UCL reconstruction. Another speaker discusses a study on the conservative treatment of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the humeral capitulum in young baseball players. The study in Kyoto, Japan, involved 193 players, and the conservative treatment was based on rest and scar healing to facilitate a return to play as soon as possible. The healing process took four years on average, and surgery was considered when the lateral wall of the capitulum did not heal. The study found that 80% of players returned to play within one year, with arthroscopic debridement being the main surgical procedure. The study emphasized the importance of determining the optimum timing of surgery based on the healing of the lateral wall of the capitulum.

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Eric Edmonds, MD

Keywords

sublime tubercle avulsions

UCL reconstruction

conservative treatment

osteochondritis dissecans

humeral capitulum