Orthopedics Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopedics Today.
Table of Contents
- Entrepreneurial private practitioners: A depiction empowering salaried position proponents Douglas W. Jackson, MD
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- Physician-patient relationships may blur during independent medical examinations Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
- Accountable care organizations enter into the spotlight as part of health care reform
- All physicians must be actors when performing on the health care stage B. Joseph Pine II; James H. Gilmore
- Anatomic medial knee reconstruction recovers knee stability, load distribution
- Athletes benefit from extended return to play times and education after ACL repairs
- Bear-hug test performed in shoulder flexion may be used to indicate scapularis pathology
- Consider using a multidisciplinary approach when treating obese children
- DC stimulation can improve functional outcome of lumbar spinal fusion
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- Develop strategies now for surviving swine flu season personally and professionally
- Diabetes, vascular disease increase amputation risk after ORIF for ankle fracture
- First-, second-generation cartilage repair techniques have good short-term results
- Higher nonunion rates found using locked plate constructs for hallux MTP fusion
- Humeral shaft fracture fixation method dependent on a number of factors
- Innovations of Lister, Fleming still critical in contemporary infection prevention
- Intraoperative 3-D imaging beneficial during ORIF of calcaneal fractures
- Low postoperative DVT or PE risk seen in patients following ankle fracture surgery
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- Multi-modal approach manages pain at critical time points with few side-effects
- New system offers a minimally invasive method to repair distal clavicle fractures
- Orthopedic surgeon is ready to embark on mission to the space station
- Partial cuff tears affect return to same level of overhead sport after SLAP repairs
- Surgeon finds porous-coated TKA revision stems provide good fixation and build bone
- Treatment and healing impact return to play after glenohumeral stabilization
- Using 32 new quality indicators can help TJR surgeons have more consistent results
- Physician assistants in orthopedic practices can expand the scope and depth of care
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