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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Senate Recesses Before Voting on SGR Repeal

March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Despite an overwhelming 392-to-37 vote in the House to scrap the SGR formula for physician Medicare payments, the Senate adjourned for a two-week recess without

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JBJS Classics Surgeon Edition

JBJS Classics: Epiphyseal Plate Injuries

March 30, 2015January 12, 2018 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Each month during the coming year, OrthoBuzz will bring you a current commentary on a “classic” article from The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. These articles

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Dr. James Rickert’s Personal ‘Choosing Wisely’ List

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The five-item AAOS contribution to the Choosing Wisely list of medical procedures that patients and physicians should question has been criticized from several quarters (see

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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Bipartisan Doc-Fix Legislation Introduced

March 20, 2015March 30, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

With 12 days to spare before a 21% reduction in physician Medicare payments takes effect, a bipartisan coalition of House and Senate lawmakers introduced identical

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Editor's Choice Surgeon Edition

JBJS Editor’s Choice—Diabetes Boosts Infection Risk After ACL Surgery

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In the March 18 2015 edition of The Journal, Brophy et al. and investigators from the MOON Knee Group focus on that very rare complication

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Surgeon Edition What's New

What’s New in Pediatric Orthopaedics: Level I and II Studies

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the previous year in 13 subspecialties.

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Anesthesia for Hip Replacement: General vs Spinal

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A large retrospective cohort study analyzing nearly 21,000 patients who underwent primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) found that the 61% who received general anesthesia were

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Need to Know

Stuart Weinstein Wins OREF Award for Practice-Changing Scoliosis Research

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) has bestowed its 2015 Clinical Research Award on Stuart Weinstein, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University

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Need to Know

New NEJM Article Cites Old Clinical Guidelines for Knee OA Treatment

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A “Clinical Therapeutics” article in the March 12, 2015 New England Journal of Medicine focuses on viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis (OA). In presenting a case

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Need to Know

Surgery and Sling Deliver Equal Outcomes for Proximal Humerus Fractures

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A multisite, randomized trial of 250 patients (mean age of 66) with a displaced fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus found that mean

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