Orthopedics Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopedics Today.
Table of Contents
- FRAX: A way toward better bone health
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- CMS aims to reduce costs of total joint replacement episodes of care through CJR
- Early discharge not perceived as an independent risk factor for complications after THA, TKA
- Extended preoperative rehabilitation before ACL reconstruction improved return-to-sport rates
- High ACL fibers in femoral footprint bear more load vs low fibers
- Hip arthroscopy improved function in older patients with intra-articular hip pain
- Increased graft retear rate found among female soccer players after ACL reconstruction
- Low incidence of nerve injury found in patients with sacral fractures
- No evidence of active denervation seen 1 year after total shoulder arthroplasty
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- Novel protocol with femoral, sciatic nerve blocks for knee stiffness increased range of motion
- Patient-specific risk factors may predict union, nonunion in patients with fractures
- Take time to work on the foundations of life Anthony A. Romeo, MD
- Increased lateral tibial slope associated with ACL injury in football players
- Similar postoperative anterior knee pain seen with patellar resurfacing, circumpatellar denervation
- Study shows increased MRI signal in symptomatic, asymptomatic elbows with enthesopathy
- WHO, CDC issue guidelines for infection prevention Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS; Noam Shohat, MD
- Bariatric surgery linked with reduced comorbidity burden in obese patients scheduled for TJA
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- Distance running did not increase risk for arthritis in marathon runners
- Frailty among patients with adult spinal deformity associated with increased LOS, complication risk
- Hospitals preferred decolonization for treatment of periprosthetic joint infection
- Patients had less pain relief than expected after lumbar spine surgery
- Presenter: Re-evaluate the use of opioids
- Study using twin registry cites factors associated with chronic back pain
- THA for fracture associated with higher rates of morbidity than for OA
- VIDEO: Past president of AAHKS discusses hot topics from the meeting
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- VIDEO: Post-discharge complications occurred within 2 weeks after TKA
- VIDEO: Schroeder discusses riluzole for bone formation in patients with spinal cord injuries
- Cellphone use in the OR poses liability risks Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
- A 17-year-old male patient with left midfoot pain Adam D. Bitterman, DO; Simon Lee, MD; Abdul-Samad Mirza, MS
- Do you think FRAX is a beneficial tool in the identification of the risk for osteoporosis?
- Transosseous tunneling offers cost-effective fixation method for arthroscopic cuff repair Brett S. Sanders, MD