Orthopedics Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Prevention and misconception are chief concerns in battling youth sports injuries
• Hip resurfacing may not be indicated for patients with osteonecrosis
• Improving the sensitivity of microbiologic cultures aids in diagnosing, treating periprosthetic joint infection Benjamin M. Zmistowski; Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
• Lateral radiographs ineffective for confirming tibial plafond fracture reductions
• Novel prenatal sonographic scoring system lowers false positive diagnosis of clubfoot
• Quest for better TKR bearing surface materials full of promise, some detours
• Rate of adverse events following THA improved during 2002 to 2007
• Study finds new method of sports hernia repair allows for quicker return to sports
• Study finds unloader brace significantly benefits osteoarthritis of the knee
• Synovial fluid WBC count highly useful in detecting early postoperative TKR infection
• The orthopedic ‘Fortress of Solitude’: The scrub sink John D. Kelly IV, MD
• Total ankle survivorship rates are low: Improvements may be underway
• Total hip arthroplasty demand rising on a global level
• X-ray parameters helpful in selecting adults with acquired flatfoot deformity for MDCO
• Diagnosis and treatment of plantar fasciitis in the military
• Health care in the next decade: Big government is watching Douglas W. Jackson, MD
• Eleven percent complication rate seen 3 months after total elbow arthroplasty
• Four-corner carpal ‘closing’ fusion technique increases stability and fusion rate
• Radiographic time to union of distal radius fractures slightly longer with bisphosphonate use
• Tips and pointers offered for FDA medical device regulation Cydney D. Boler
• Technology reimbursement and CMS: The struggle to deliver ‘relevant’ outcomes in orthopedics
• Partial rotator cuff tears: When is surgery indicated? William N. Levine, MD