Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 2-4, January 2010

Old School: Arthroscopy's 25th Anniversary

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When some loud bragger tries to put me down

And says his school is great

I tell him right away

“Now what's the matter buddy

Ain't you heard of my school?

It's number one in the state!”

So be true to your school now

Just like you would to your girl or guy

Be true to your school now

And let your colors fly

Brian Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys: Be True to Your School, 1963

January 2010 represents the commencement of the 25th anniversary year of the Arthroscopy journal, and we are celebrating the occasion by announcing that “our school” is now an “old school.” We call our school Arthroscopy, and we are letting our true colors fly and showing our loyalty and everybody knows that the color of our cover is green. We try to keep up to date with modern, urban slang, so when we say we're going “Old School” we mean, “Anything that is from an earlier era and looked upon with high regard or respect.”1

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The Past 

This issue's cover is “Old School.” Savor the memories. And there is something new; we've created a 25th Anniversary Banner that readers will also see on the front cover of each issue this year to remind us of this milestone. The “Old School” cover is truly unique in our nostalgic rerelease, because we'll return to our 21st century cover design next month. When this cover was first seen in 1985, the Journal was published just 4 times a year with 75 pages per issue. How we have grown. This unique “Old School” issue contains many special features:

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Twelve Classic Articles 

Associate Editor Ken Oates kicks off a special 25th Anniversary series that will review, over the coming year, 12 classic articles from our past. Ken reviews arthroscopic treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome described by Harvard Ellman in 1987.2 The technique is a perfect and confirmatory example of the fact that arthroscopy is less invasive than open surgery. Let us not forget the tone of the times; when the classics were published, believe it or not, there were arthroscopy naysayers.

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25 Years of Reminiscences 

We also offer, in the first of our 25th Anniversary year issues, a very special feature, “Remembering 25 Years of Arthroscopy.” Present and former Associate Editors, Editorial Board and Journal Board of Trustee members, AANA Past Presidents, former staff, and friends share reminiscences with photographs and stories relating to the Journal. Today, we invite all of those mentioned above, as well as motivated readers everywhere, to contribute a few words of reminiscence that we could include in future issues during the year.

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One Gentlemen Genius Generated Arthroscopy Genesis 

Speaking of great friends, AANA Past President Robert Jackson, a gentleman and a genius, makes another amazing contribution: “A History of Arthroscopy.”3 This history will refresh the memories of those who participated, and represent essential knowledge of the past for those too young to have experienced the genesis and development of arthroscopy, and the Arthroscopy journal.

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The Future 

Importantly, this year will focus on the future4, 5 as well as the past. As we have written recently,4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in the future we prefer scientific articles of higher levels of evidence, systematic reviews, particularly meta-analyses, and Letters to the Editor. As such, it gives us great pleasure to here announce the winner of the Level I evidence prize.

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The 2009 Level I Evidence Prize Announcement 

Level I evidence represents the highest in the hierarchy of levels of evidence. While level of evidence is but one measure of the quality of a scientific investigation, studies of higher levels of evidence provide the strongest data required to answer clinical questions. All the Level I evidence studies published in Arthroscopy 2009 were worthy and are recognized as competition finalists.9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

The 2009 Level I Evidence Prize of $5,000, as judged by the Arthroscopy journal Editors and Associate Editors, is awarded to Andrea Grasso, Giuseppe Milano, Matteo Salvatore, Gianluca Falcone, Laura Deriu, and Carlo Fabbriciani for their paper, “Single-Row Versus Double-Row Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study.9 These authors found that, at short-term follow-up, arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with the double-row technique showed no significant difference in clinical outcome compared with single-row repair.

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The Future: 2011 Level I Evidence Prize 

We also announce that in the future, the Editors will again judge a $5,000 Level I evidence prize competition winner, to be awarded to that Level I evidence article published in Arthroscopy in 2010 or 2011 that is judged to be of greatest merit.

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The Future: 2010 Video Prize 

In addition to the future Level I evidence prize announced above, we have already announced that the Associate Editors will award a $5,000 Video Prize to the authors who submit a narrated video accompanying an article deemed of greatest merit and published in 2010. Authors should please submit narrated videos because, as we look to the future during our 25th anniversary year, we want to reinvigorate the educational experience with video technology that is now readily available for sharing on the Internet.

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The Journal Web Site 

During the 25th Anniversary year, be sure to visit our Web site, www.arthroscopyjournal.org for our 25th Anniversary, January 2010 debut of a brand new, entirely redesigned Journal Web site and homepage. Anticipate imaginative educational upgrades to the electronic version of the Journal. Videos will accompany more articles. Our Spanish-language abstracts will continue. We're trying to be creative and need help, so feel free to send us suggestions. In summary, we'll repeat ourselves: www.arthrsocopyjournal.org

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In Closing 

We celebrate the past, focus on the future, recognize and award, emphasize the new. We re-enroll for another quarter century at our true school, our Old School: Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, now celebrating 25 years.

How are we going to celebrate? Maybe we'll start by kicking back for 2 minutes (and 8 seconds), listen to the Beach Boys' Be True to Your School, and think how we are true to our Journal. Join in by clicking the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijkYkJfg0s.

And join us to re-experience the internet at www.arthroscopyjournal.org

Happy Anniversary.

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References 

  1. Definition of “old school.”. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=old+schoolAccessed October 31, 2009
  2. Oates KM. Arthroscopy classics: Commentary on arthroscopic subacromial decompression: Analysis of one- to three-year results by Harvard Ellman. Arthroscopy. 2010;26:104
  3. Jackson RW. A history of arthroscopy. Arthroscopy. 2010;26:91–103
  4. Lubowitz JH, Poehling GG. “Arthroscopy: The future.”. Arthroscopy. 2007;23:453–454
  5. Lubowitz JH, Poehling GG. A New Year. Arthroscopy. 2008;24:2–3
  6. Lubowitz JH, Poehling GG. “Clinically relevant articles of high levels of evidence are required to change surgical practice.”. Arthroscopy. 2007;23:803
  7. Lubowitz JH, Poehling GG. Comparative effectiveness research: We must lead (so as not to be misled). Arthroscopy. 2009;25:455–456
  8. Lubowitz JH, Poehling GG. Letters to the editor (The best arthroscopy research ever!). Arthroscopy. 2009;25:939–940
  9. Grasso A, Milano G, Salvatore M, Falcone G, Deriu L, Fabbriciani C. Single-row versus double-row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: A prospective randomized clinical study. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:4–12
  10. Kim Y-S, Lee J-Y, Yang S-C, Song J-H, Koh H-S, Park W-K. Comparative study of the influence of room-temperature and warmed fluid irrigation on body temperature in arthroscopic shoulder surgery. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:24–29
  11. Ilizaliturri VM, Chaidez C, Villegas P, Briseño A, Camacho-Galindo J. Prospective randomized study of 2 different techniques for endoscopic iliopsoas tendon release in the treatment of internal snapping hip syndrome. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:159–163
  12. Jung Y-B, Lee YS, Jung H-J, Nam C-H. Evaluation of posterolateral rotatory knee instability using the dial test according to tibial positioning. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:257–261
  13. Yoo HS, Park SW, Yi JW, Kwon MI, Rhee YG. The effect of forced-air warming during arthroscopic shoulder surgery with general anesthesia. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:510–514
  14. Leykin Y, Nespolo R, Foltran F. Anesthesia and postoperative analgesia after intra-articular injection of warmed versus room-temperature levobupivacaine: a double-blind randomized trial. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:1019–1024
  15. Endele D, Jung C, Becker U, Bauer G, Mauch F. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with and without computer navigation: A clinical and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation 2 years after surgery. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:1067–1074
  16. Valentí Nin JR, Mora Gasque GValentí Azcárate A, Aquerreta Beola JD, Hernandez Gonzalez M. Has platelet-rich plasma any role in anterior cruciate ligament allograft healing?. Arthroscopy. 2009;25:1206–1213

PII: S0749-8063(09)00908-6

doi:10.1016/j.arthro.2009.11.001

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 2-4, January 2010