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The AMA announced that it recently adopted a policy that will support removing a person’s sex designation from the public portion of birth certificates.

Patients who underwent osteochondral allograft knee transplantation had significant improvements in pain relief and functional outcomes, even when they did not return to sport, according to published results.

Vertebral body tethering has a high success rate, a lower revision rate than previously reported and avoids posterior spinal fusion in adolescent patients with severe scoliosis, according to published results.

Although patients receiving home dialysis may have an advantage in limiting their exposure to COVID-19, challenges have remained for them during the pandemic, a published review suggests.

Only when quality evidence dictates it, should orthopedic surgeons change how they use antibiotics for prophylaxis and treatment after surgery, symposium participants said at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting.

Routine surveillance imaging after surgery did not appear to improve outcomes among patients with glioblastoma, according to study results published in World Neurosurgery.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — At the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting, Jella An, MD, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Missouri and director of glaucoma at the Mason Eye Institute, discusses findings of a meta-analysis looking at laser settings and potential outcomes of MicroPulse trans-scleral cyclophotocoagulation in adult patients with glaucoma. Drawing from the results of the study, An cites the need for standardizing techniques and minimizing variability in laser settings to optimize prognostic capabilities.

NEW ORLEANS — New data from the AUGUSTUS trial provide insight on the appropriate antithrombotic regimen after ACS or PCI in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Patients who underwent edge-to-edge transcatheter mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation had improved symptoms, functional status and quality of life at 1 year, according to new findings.

Researchers from the University of Missouri and Tiger Institute for Health Innovation recently developed a smartphone application that enables individuals with depression to document their moods and symptoms and share it with their psychiatrists.