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New Mexico Knee Clinic

JAMES H. LUBOWITZ, M.D.

NEW MEXICO KNEE CLINIC

 Letter to Physicians

 

KNEE PEER-REVEIWED PUBLICATIONS: 

Lubowitz J, Poehling G. Techniques in Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: As Simple as ABC, or Putting the Cart Before the Horse? Arthroscopy 2008;24:1089-1091.

 

Smith P, Schwartzberg R, Lubowitz J. No Tunnel 2-Socket Technique: All-Inside Anterior Cruciate Ligament Double-Bundle Retroconstruction. Arthroscopy 2008;24:1184-1189.

 

Lubowitz J, Poehling G. Keeping up with the literature: knee ligament, wrist triangular fibrocartilage tear, and suture bridge rotator cuff technique questions. Arthroscopy 2008;24:1203-4.

 

Seng K, Appleby D, Lubowitz JH. Operative versus nonoperative treatment of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in patients aged 40 years or older: an expected-value decision analysis. Arthroscopy 2008;24:914-20.

 

Lubowitz J, Poehling G. Summertime Blues: ACL rupture, rotator cuff tear, and meniscus tear seem epidemic Arthroscopy 2008;24(7):741-2.

 

Meredick R, Vance K, Appleby D, Lubowitz J.  Outcome of Single-Bundle Versus Double-Bundle Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Meta-Analysis. Am J Sports Med 2008;36:1414-21.

 

Lotto M, Wright E, Appleby D, Zelicof S, Lemos M, Lubowitz J. Ex vivo comparison of mechanical versus thermal chondroplasty: assessment of tissue effect at the surgical endpoint. Arthroscopy 2008;24:410-15.

 

Pavlovich R, Lubowitz J. Current concepts in synovial tissue in the knee joint. Orthopaedics 2008;31:160-3; quiz 164-5.

 

Lubowitz J, Bernardini B, Reid J. Current concepts review: comprehensive physical examination for instability of the knee.

Am J Sports Med. 2008;36:577-94.

 

Lubowitz J, Ayala M, Appleby D. Return to activity after knee arthroscopy. Arthroscopy 2008;24:58-61.

 

Centeno J, Woolf S, Reid J, Lubowitz J. “Do Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft Culture Results Correlate With Clinical Infections?” Arthroscopy 2007;23:1100-1103.

 

Lubowitz J. “Management of partial thickness cartilage defects.” Audio-Digest: Orthopaedics 2007;30:Track 5.

 

Lubowitz J, Sahasrabudhe A, Appleby D. “Minimally invasive surgery in total knee arthroplasty: The learning curve.” Orthopaedics 2007;30 S: 80-82.

 

Lubowitz J, Appleby D, Centeno J, Woolf S, Reid J.  “The Relationship Between the Outcome of Studies of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation and the Presence of Commercial Funding.” American Journal of Sports Medicine 2007 Jul 19; [Epub ahead of print]

 

Lubowitz J, Verdonk P, Reid J, Verdonk R. “Meniscus allograft transplantation: a current concepts review.” Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 2007;15:476-492.

 

Lubowitz J, Elson W, Guttmann D. “Fractures—Tibial plateau, distal femur, patella, avulsions of the intercondylar eminence, osgood-schlatters disease.” In: Johnson D, Pedowitz R, eds. Practical orthopaedic sports medicine & arthroscopy. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.

 

Lubowitz J, Vance K, Ayala M, Guttmann D, Reid J. “Interference screw technique for arthroscopic reduction and internal fixation of compression fractures of the tibial plateau.” Arthroscopy. 2006;22:1359.e1-3.

 

Lotto M, Lu Y, Mitchell M, Wright E, Lubowitz J, Markel M. “An ex vivo thermal chondroplasty model: the association of a char-like layer and underlying cell death.” Arthroscopy. 2006;22:1159-1162.

 

Lubowitz JH. “Partial-Thickness Articular Cartilage Defects: Evaluation and Treatment.” Oper Tech Orthop. 2006;16: 227-231.

 

Lubowitz J. “No-tunnel anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: the transtibial all-inside technique.” Arthroscopy. 2006;22:900.e1-11.

 

Mitchell M, Kidd D, Lotto M, Lorang D, Dupree D, Wright E, Lubowitz J.  “Determination of factors influencing tissue effect of thermal chondroplasty: an ex vivo investigation.”  Arthroscopy. 22:351-5 (2006).

 

Lubowitz J, Elson W, Guttmann D. “Complications in the treatment of medial and lateral sided injuries of the knee joint.”  Sports Medicine & Arthroscopy Review. 2006;14:51-55.

 

Stuart M, Lubowitz J.  “What, if any, are the indications for arthroscopic debridement of the osteoarthritic knee?”  Arthroscopy. 22: 238-239 (2006).

 

Lubowitz J.  “Thermal modification of the lax anterior cruciate ligament using radiofrequency: efficacy or catastrophe?”
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 13: 432-436 (2005).

 

 Rossi M, Guttmann D, MacLennan M, Lubowitz J.  “Video informed consent improves knee arthroscopy patient comprehension.” Arthroscopy. 21: 739-743 (2005).

 

Lubowitz, J, Elson, W, Guttmann, D.  “Part II: Arthroscopic treatment of tibial plateau fractures: intercondylar eminence avulsion fracture.”  Arthroscopy. 21: 86-92 (2005).

 

Lubowitz, J, Elson, W, Guttmann, D.  “Part I: Arthroscopic management of tibial plateau fractures.”  Arthroscopy. 20: 1063-1070 (2004).

 

Reid, J, Guttmann, D, Ayala, M, Lubowitz, J.  “Minimally invasive surgery–total knee arthroplasty.” Arthroscopy. 20: 884-889 (2004).

 

Lubowitz, J, Rossi, M, Baker, B and Guttmann, D.  “Arthroscopic visualization of the posterior compartments of the knee.” Arthroscopy. 20: 675-680 (2004).

 

Rossi, M, Lubowitz, J and Guttmann, D. “The Skier’s Knee.” Arthroscopy.  19: 75-84 (2003).

 

Lubowitz, J. “Letter Re.: A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee.” Arthroscopy.  19: 950-1 (2002).

 

Baker B and Lubowitz J. “Meniscus Injuries.”  E-Textbook of Medicine. (revised 2008).  Accessed at: http://www.emedicine.com/sports/topic160.htm.

 

Lubowitz, J and Grauer, J. “Arthroscopic Treatment of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Avulsion.”  Clinical Orthopaedics.  294:242- 246 (1993); and Year Book of Sports Medicine.  Mosby-Year Book, Inc., Chicago, 1994.

 

Lubowitz, J, Rose, N and Thomas, B. “Improved Tibial Fixation With Delayed Tourniquet Release.”  Journal of Orthopaedic Techniques.  1:53-54 (1993).

 

Lubowitz, J and Meals, R. “Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease and

Patellofemoral Syndrome.”  In Meals, R: One Hundred Orthopaedic Conditions Every Doctor Should Understand. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc.  St. Louis, MO.  1992.  2nd Edition, 2006.

Updated: February 14, 2010