Orthopedics Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopedics Today.
Table of Contents
- Health Care Reform: Where is the courage to expect accountability? Douglas W. Jackson, MD
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- Needs of patients with complex distal radius fractures should guide treatment
- The surgical scrub: Where do we stand today? Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
- Causation in medical liability: Determining who is at fault Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
- Achilles tendon allograft shows promise for repairing failed hip abductors post-THA
- Combining SLAP and cuff repair depends on labral attachments, shoulder stability
- Conjunctival contamination during surgery: A possibility to avoid
- Consider the architectural need in seeking bone graft substitutes for the distal radius
- Coracohumeral interval associated with anterior shoulder pathologies, study finds
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- Decompression for stenosis less costly than fusion, especially when instrumented
- Fragmentation can be a predictor for displacement in distal radius fractures
- Good results seen with conventional fixation of geriatric acetabular fractures
- Hardware removal halts the majority of postoperative foot and ankle pain
- Infected shoulder arthroplasty calls for correct diagnosis, thorough debridement
- Look for treatable targets when choosing osteotomy for distal radius malunions
- No difference in outcomes seen at 1 year follow-up when using navigation for TKA
- Obama’s remarks on reimbursement and the role of surgeons draw AAOS response
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- Obese patients have a 2.4-fold greater risk for revision after minimally invasive UKA
- Orthopedic surgeons sound off on House and Senate health care reform proposals
- Physicians debate the importance of learning curve for hip resurfacing
- Potential uses exist for diagnostic imaging in treatment and rehabilitation therapies
- Semi-retired orthopedist has time on and in his hands
- Similar reoperation rates seen with long gamma nails and sliding hip screws
- Technology ownership, data privacy control critical aspects of EMR adoption
- The three As of joint replacement can address failed total knee arthroplasty
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- Tibial spine injuries in children similar to adult ACL injuries
- Ultrasound guidance for sciatic nerve blocks shown to have a 99% success rate
- Vision, leadership mark 110-year history of orthopedics at Washington University