Orthopedics Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Time for more vigilance, education and randomized studies in blood management
• FDA posts public health communication about metal-on-metal hips
• Less pain noted 3 months after metastatic epidural spinal cord decompression surgery
• Maryland court rules against physician self-referral of patients for radiation, advanced imaging
• Number of segments fused a risk factor for adjacent segment disease
• Post-THA internal rotation test proves invaluable for assessing capsular healing
• Prolonged survival achieved with surgical resection for spinal tumor patients
• Revision THA patients over 80 years old experience more major adverse events
• Spirituality and the practice of orthopedic surgery: The links between faith and health John J. McGraw, MD
• Danish hip arthroplasty data show that thromboembolic events occurred on average 22 days following surgery
• Orthopedists, look to Texas tort reform: Loser pays legal fees Douglas W. Jackson, MD
• Study finds locked plate fixation preferred option for flail chest
• Better alignment seen in robotic-assisted vs. conventional TKA
• No significant differences seen between pulsed electrical stimulation, placebo for knee OA
• Study reveals early complication-based learning curve for reverse shoulder arthroplasty
• At last: A useful guideline for diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
• Ask the Experts: Use of drains in total knee replacement
• Component loosening led to TAR failures in long-term follow-up
• DVT rate of 2% seen in lower extremity tumor cases with prophylactic treatment
• Gene-regulated cells, tissue engineered scaffold show promise for rotator cuff repair
• Long-term osteochondral allograft findings reveal widespread use, predictors of failure
• Lower extremity immobilization negatively impacts braking response time
• Most meniscal tears should be resected, untreated rather than repaired
• No significant benefit seen with sodium hyaluronate for thumb joint arthritis
• Preserving native tissue, use of allografts recommended in combined knee ligament reconstruction
• Reverse total shoulder may be a viable alternative to hemiarthroplasty
• Surgeons have great latitude with revision ACL reconstruction
• Surgical treatment for AC joint separation evolving from Weaver Dunn to coracoclavicular ligament reconstruction
• New FDA medical device reforms proposed Cydney D. Boler; Crissa Cook
• Current medical malpractice litigation: Proposals for reform
• Percutaneous carpal tunnel release using nerve conduction monitoring requires no incisions Stephen B. Gunther, MD; William W. Bowen, MD; Yoshihiro Katsuura