Orthopedics Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopedics Today.
Table of Contents
- Changed setting for joint reconstruction surgery possible in 2018
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- Baseball players see low return to play after biceps tenodesis for SLAP tears
- Cemented polished, tapered modular hip stem yielded excellent clinical results
- Concomitant ALL reconstruction yielded significantly reduced ACL graft rupture rate
- Five-year conventional vs highly crosslinked TKA polyethylene results were no different
- Isolated patella defects treated with ACI led to long-term functional improvement
- MARS group identifies revision ACL reconstruction risk factors that help predict PROs
- Severe dysphagia was reduced with local steroid application after ACDF
- Society meets to gain international consensus on ankle cartilage injury repair
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- Make a difference at every level of patient care Anthony A. Romeo, MD
- Bone marrow aspirate concentrate, hyaluronan-based scaffold effective for cartilage lesions in older patients
- Routine pathology examination in primary shoulder arthroplasty not seen as cost-effective
- Study supports low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for treatment of fracture nonunions
- VIDEO: Past AMA president discusses importance of physicians advocating for patients
- Better arc of motion found with screw vs staple fixation of the wrist
- Deep SSIs seen in 13% of patients who underwent repetitive surgery for non-idiopathic scoliosis
- Meaningful improvement in HRQoL seen after spinal fusion for patients with non-ambulatory cerebral palsy
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- Patients with poor glycemic control had worse outcomes after treatment of hand infections
- VIDEO: Spine-based proximal anchors may control kyphosis in children with congenital spinal deformity
- A 14-year-old athlete with left shoulder pain and decreased range of motion Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH; Benedict U. Nwachukwu, MD, MBA; Joshua Adjei, BA
- Should CMS do step-wise introduction of outpatient procedures for Medicare patients, allowing the procedures to be done at a hospital outpatient department and if deemed safe, clearing them to then be done at an ASC?
- Five reports for the employed physician to review monthly Cheyenne Brinson, MBA, CPA
- Reach favorable hospital, private group contracts that reflect both parties’ understandings
- Motorized internal lengthening nail, anterograde femur technique can correct leg length Thomas D. Falls, MD; S. Robert Rozbruch, MD; Austin T. Fragomen, MD