Orthopedics Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Subjective measures present opportunities for improved care, but prove difficult to interpret
• CBO: Medicare demonstrations ineffective at reducing costs, improving efficiency
• Russian orthopedist finds second career photographing architecture in Houston
• Proximal hamstring injuries can have significant disability
• Questions remain how and if ACOs will function Douglas W. Jackson, MD
• Culture negative PJI periprosthetic joint infection: Strategies to improve yield Carlos A. Higuera-Rueda, MD, FAAOS; Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
• Age, laxity and level of sport keys to selecting management for ACL injuries
• High survivorship of revised total knee replacements seen at 13 years
• High vitamin D deficiency insufficiency rate seen in young patients in large trauma study
• Increased odds of complications seen with simultaneous bilateral vs unilateral TKA
• Patient satisfaction after fracture fixation not driven by injury severity, function
• Researchers identify severe injuries associated with vertebral artery injuries
• Study investigates risks for re operation after spondylolisthesis surgery
• Study PRP more effective than cortisone for severe chronic plantar fasciitis
• Surgeon discusses rate, presentation of metal allergy in joint replacement
• Surgeons debate benefits of robotic-guided navigation for hip arthroplasty
• Surgeons debate the future of metal-on-metal, which has good survivorship but scrutiny
• Surgeons discuss the advantages, risks of bilateral total knee arthroplasty
• Physical exam apps help students refine skills, others aid surgeons in the clinic Matthew J. DiPaola, MD; Orrin I. Franko, MD
• Proper understanding and preparation are essential to effective deposition skills Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
• Retirement: Surgeons tell how to prepare for life after orthopedics
• The proximal tibia is an alternate harvest site with easy accessibility Cyril Mauffrey, MD, FACS, FRCS; David Seligson, MD