Orthopedics Today Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopedics Today.

Table of Contents

• Keeping up with future demand for joint arthroplasty will prove challenging
• Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis curves requiring surgery may be related to race
• CDC survey shows half of office-based physicians using EMRs
• Combination of growth factors found superior to single growth factor for tendon healing
• Compartmentalist approach to knee arthroplasty growing in viability
• Cost of instrumentation found to have no impact on cosmetic results for Lenke type 1A and B curves
• Good idiopathic scoliosis correction seen through use of bracing, rehabilitation
• House repeals health care reform act
• Improvements in operating room efficiency expected with Biomet Rapid Recovery Program
• New book addresses orthopedic combat challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts
• No complications reported using rhBMP-2 in lumbar fusions with dural tears
• Open surgical dislocation and arthroscopic treatment are comparable for femoroacetabular impingement
• Private practice vs. salaried employment: A complicated decision
• Proper THA implant selection necessary to suit shorter-stature female patients
• SRS database shows 8.5% complication rate following pediatric spine surgery
• Study compares outcomes of amputation and limb salvage surgery following lower extremity trauma
• Study reveals superior bone strength in Chinese-American women
• Surgeons criticize editorial calling for sleep deprivation policies
• Templating, calibration with THR may mitigate subsequent limb-length problems
• THA dislocation in morbidly obese due to head slide-out or shear-out mechanism
• Toxicants from cigarettes enter blood stream, not just lungs
• Self-referral and the orthopedic surgeon: Interpreting the rules
• Self-referrals and conflicts of interest: 2011 will focus on reimbursement for technology and facility ownerships Douglas W. Jackson, MD
• Blood management in the 21st century: The importance of teamwork Brian R. Hamlin, MD
• Age, operative time associated with increased PE risk
• Benefits of bioabsorbable screws 'not sufficient' for regular use in ACL reconstruction
• Mid-term results show effectiveness of Ponseti method for idiopathic clubfoot
• Promising results seen with large-diameter heads for MoM THA
• UKA produced fewer knee bending problems 2 years postoperative than TKA
• Age and symptoms important factors for hip arthroscopy referral
• Ask the Experts: DVT prophylaxis following total shoulder for trauma injuries
• Ask the Experts: High-flexion or conventional knee designs?
• Orthopedics Today Hawaii introduces the International Congress for Joint Reconstruction as a joint meeting sponsor in 2012
• Osteotomy treatment outcomes for patellar DJD dependent on location
• Patient selection is crucial in patellofemoral arthroplasty, surgeon says
• Plates and hip screws recommended for displaced intertrochanteric fractures
• Health care provider liability related to defective products Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
• Athletic pubalgia: Current concepts and evolving management
• Correction of hallux valgus without osteotomy allows for faster recovery George B. Holmes Jr., MD