Orthopedics Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Take intraoperative steps to reduce joint infection risk
• Chronic shoulder arthroplasty infection is amenable to two-stage reimplantation
• Decision to use screw type in ORIF should be made by surgeon
• Mechanically assisted crevice corrosion in THA higher than previously reported
• Nonopioid analgesics, patient selection may reduce adverse events
• Patients returned to functional level after second-generation patellofemoral joint ACI
• Second value-based orthopedic care meeting to be held Feb. 9-11
• Social media analysis reveals misunderstandings related to sports TBI
• Be involved in the continued transformation of health care Anthony A. Romeo, MD
• FDA to create clearer framework with regenerative medicine guidance documents
• Majority of FDA advisory committee finds anular closure device unsafe for prevention of disc reherniation
• Arthroscopic glenoid resurfacing with allograft seen as safe for joint preservation in select patients
• Better, but not clinically important, results with surgery vs no treatment for subacromial shoulder pain
• Decline in patient function prior to improvement after intramedullary nailing
• Obese patients at greater risk for infection after adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction
• Outpatient surgical centers yielded greater efficacy than ORs for ACL reconstruction
• Overlapping surgery increases risk for complications after hip surgery
• Risk of hand, wrist injuries in high school athletes indicates need for prevention efforts
• Similar improvements in patient outcome measures found with ankle arthrodesis, replacement
• Ceramic femoral heads may be more advantageous vs cobalt-chrome femoral heads for THA
• Fluid, pain and nausea management may lead to rapid rehabilitation after TJA
• Focus on the patient, implant and surgery will support a long-term TJA
• The CORE Institute adds Michael McKee, MD, to the Orthopedic and Spine Institute
• Trends in negligence law: Excluding informed consent Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
• ­An 11-year-old girl with a 3-year history of right ankle pain Junyoung Jon Ahn, MD; Kamran S. Hamid, MD, MPH; Daniel D. Bohl, MD, MPH
• Does intraoperative use of vancomycin powder help reduce prosthetic joint infection?
• What is in that alphabet soup? Deciphering coding acronyms to support reimbursement Sarah Wiskerchen, MBA, CPC
• Transtendinous window facilitates endoscopic repair of gluteus medius tears Benjamin G. Domb, MD; Itay Perets, MD