JBJS Case Connections: Overcoming Growth-Plate Disturbances
In an ideal world, nothing would interfere with long-bone growth plates in kids and adolescents. But physes are the weakest …
3-D Imaging Provides More Accurate Picture of Scoliosis Deformities
Scoliosis is a three-dimensional deformity (coronal, axial, and sagittal), so it makes sense that a 3-D imaging method for evaluating …
Open Fractures – How Should We Irrigate Them?
Irrigation and debridement of open fractures have been standard practices since the late 1800s. However, the finer details have not …
TKA Decisions Must Align with Patient Preferences and Values
It’s a generally accepted “fact” that total knee arthroplasty (TKA) ranks among the most significant modern medical advancements. But the …
Lumbar Spine Surgery Helps Parkinson Patients
Despite a higher rate of complications than in the general population, overall outcomes of lumbar spine surgery in patients with …
Acute Low Back Pain: Adding Oxycodone to Naproxen Doesn’t Help
As if on cue, a just-published study in JAMA backed up the recent AAOS statement on opioids by finding that …
JBJS Editor’s Choice—Clinical Practice Guidelines: What Good Are They?
Over the last 10 years, the AAOS has invested a great deal of effort and resources into developing Clinical Practice …
What’s New in Hip Replacement: Level I and II Studies
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
AAOS Issues Statement on Opioids in Orthopaedics
The current prescription-opioid/heroin epidemic in the US has been much publicized of late. According to a recent AAOS information statement…