Deep Infection

Based on cost-related length of stay and discharge disposition in patients who had coexisting hip arthritis and knee arthritis, results of a recently published study do not show a preference for total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty as the first procedure performed.

Published results showed bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell implantation may be equally effective and safe as autologous chondrocyte implantation for the treatment of full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee.

NEW YORK — Use of a locked plating system may be safe and effective with an acceptable failure rate in geriatric patients with olecranon fractures, according to results presented here.

DENVER — Patients with proximal tibia fractures treated with nails compared with locked plates were not different with regard to radiographic, functional and patient-based outcomes, according to a presenter at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting.