Orthopaedics Today Europe Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopaedics Today Europe.

Table of Contents

• Robotics may improve patient outcomes, safety of orthopaedic surgery
• EFORT Approved Events
• EFORT ExMex Forum on Lower Extremity Fractures
• EU Corner: European Union Health Ministers put patient safety high on political agenda
• Four-year study: Anterior knee pain lingers after electrocautery with TKR
• OTE200: Patellar pain management
• Preferential fee to register for the EFORT Congress in Prague
• Study: Burden of ASD is large, warrants same global attention as diabetes, arthritis
• Study links age, gender and OA with higher risk for revision of MoM THA
• Subtalar arthroeresis for pediatric flatfoot may allow return to sports activities
• The EBOT Interim Exam and EBOT Exam: moving forward in 2015
• Tibial tubercle-to-trochlear groove distance: Is it the best tool for the job? Jacqueline Munch, MD; Jaron Sullivan IV, MD; Beth E. Shubin Stein, MD
• Understand what editors seek for success with medical writing, publishing João Vide, MD
• EFORT should take lead for EU initiatives that impact patient safety and innovation Wolfhart Puhl, MD
• Study: Angular stable locking system offers little benefit for treating distal tibial fractures
• Jumbo acetabular cups may offer advantages in revision arthroplasty
• PRP injection may aid in rehabilitation of hamstring injury
• Study shows acceptable reliability for procedures measuring shoulder range of motion
• Corin Group acquires Optimized Ortho
• FTC and EC grant clearance for Medtronic acquisition of Covidien
• Smith & Nephew agrees to sell UK production site, product offerings to SWM
• Barrack offers a perspective on use of mobile compression device for thrombosis prevention after TJA
• Contemporary polymers have improved outcomes of THA
• Speaker: New technology should not supplant use of knee osteotomy
• Tranexamic acid may reduce blood loss without increasing thromboembolic rate