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Healio highlights the monthly Cover Stories of Orthopedics Today that were published in 2023.

Healio highlights the monthly Surgical Techniques of Orthopedics Today that were published in 2023.

At 1-year follow-up, various cell-based injections were not superior to a corticosteroid injection for pain and radiological outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis, according to results published in Nature Medicine.

The management of large and massive rotator cuff tears presents considerable challenges for shoulder surgeons.

Compared with sham treatment, ultrasound-guided lavage with corticosteroid injection yielded no clinical benefit for patients with calcific tendinopathy of the shoulder, according to published results.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In this video from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting, Anthony A. Romeo, MD, discussed several techniques to augment healing after index and revision rotator cuff repair.

The Academic Orthopaedic Consortium Business & Leadership Symposium will gather the clinical and administrative leadership across university-based musculoskeletal enterprises to share best practices across the business and leadership of academic missions.

Despite the notion that nerve surgery research has plateaued in the past several decades, some surgeons view timely, precise diagnostics and a new wave of research as a viable path to improved outcomes in nerve repair in the future.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has issued formal comments urging CMS to reform the proposed payment policy changes in the Medicare program for 2024, according to a press release.

Arthroscopic repair of massive rotator cuff tears improved active range of motion and patient-reported outcomes; however, no additional improvements in healing were seen with collagen patch augmentation, according to presented results.