Orthopedics Today Current Issue

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

Table of Contents

• Maintenance of certification and licensure remains inevitable, but controversial
• AMA announces support of Affordable Care Act insurance exchange policies
• Orthopedics Today Hawaii 2012 adds new faculty, more debates
• CMS announces policy, payment rate changes for physician fee schedule in 2012
• From formation to present day, focus of NASS is a broader scope
• Study evaluates industry payments to orthopedic surgeons
• Epidemiology of pediatric scaphoid fractures has changed
• Professional courtesy among physicians has changed Douglas W. Jackson, MD
• Better health, patient experiences and lower costs can be achieved with the triple aim Maureen Bisognano; Andrea Kabcenell, RN, MPH
• Acromioplasty has no effect on function, quality of life for patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
• Hip arthroplasty also relieves ipsilateral knee pain
• Open, arthroscopic distal clavicle excision yield satisfactory results
• FDA official: Agency working to balance regulation, facilitation roles
• Better improvement seen with refixation vs. debridement of acetabular labrum
• BMP-2 use during posterior lumbar fusion linked with cancer
• Cancer history increases chances of VTE after knee arthroscopy, study finds
• Cervical disc arthroplasty is on the rise in United States, study finds
• Comparable outcomes seen with unipedicular, bipedicular balloon kyphoplasty
• Controversy remains over use of metal-on-metal implants for total hip arthroplasty
• Deterioration of trabecular bone found in premenopausal women with fractures
• Diagnosis, technique may affect proximal interphalangeal joint replacement failure rates
• High rate of adverse events found among patients with traumatic spinal cord injuries
• Highly cross-linked polyethylene shows steady penetration rates, lower wear
• Motion may improve after glenoid reconstruction for obstetric brachial plexus injury
• New bearing surfaces, methods of crosslinking may result in less wear
• Preoperative vitamin D deficiency common in patients undergoing spinal fusion
• Researchers tout the advantages of ceramic-on-ceramic hip bearings
• Results of surgery for spondylotic myelopathy unaffected by diabetes, study finds
• Significantly lower levels of vitamin D found in NFL players with muscle injuries
• Spring ligament reconstruction corrects flatfoot deformity without arthrodesis
• Study finds advantages of cementless TKRs over cemented designs
• Study finds limited sinus tarsi approach superior to extensile lateral for calcaneus fractures
• Study reveals complexity of revising primary unicompartmentals to total knees
• Variability in elective spine surgery is high throughout Californian referral areas, study finds
• Waste during spinal surgery expensive but reduced with educational program
• Pharmaceutical industry and physician relationships explored: Part 2 Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
• Femoral stem modularity: Parts, pieces and connectors — Part 1
• How to avoid the ‘trap door’ effect in reducing tibial plateau fractures Cyril Mauffrey, MD, FACS, FRCS; Jeremy Statton, MD; David Seligson, MD; Brandon Broome, MD