Five articles from the August 2018 issue summarized in five minutes, with the addition of a brief editorial commentary. The 5-in-5 feature is designed to give readers an overview of articles that may pique their interest and encourage more detailed reading. It may also be used by busy readers who would prefer a brief audio summary in order to select the articles they want to read in full.

The featured articles for this month are "Integrity of the Untorn Articular-Sided Tendon in Bursal-Sided Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear: A Comparative Study of Apoptotic Activity in Torn and Untorn Layers", "No difference in the KOOS Quality of Life, between anatomic Double-bundle and anatomic Single-bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction of the knee; a Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial with 2 years’ follow-up", "In Vitro Repair of Meniscus Radial Tear Using Hydrogels Seeded with Adipose Stem Cells and TGF-β3"," Septic Arthritis After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction - How Important is Graft Salvage?", and "Internal Fixation of Unstable Osteochondritis Dissecans— Do Open Growth Plates Improve Healing Rate?

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A lateral patellar dislocation (LPD) is the most common traumatic knee injury with hemarthrosis in children. The redislocation rate is high. Varying operative and nonoperative treatments have been advocated with no consensus on the best treatment.

Operative repair of an MPFL injury in the acute phase in skeletally immature children with a primary traumatic LPD significantly reduced the redislocation rate but did not improve subjective or objective knee function compared with a knee brace without repair. The majority of the patients in both groups were satisfied with their knee function. There was a high representation of APIFs, which needs to be considered when evaluating the risk of redislocations.

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