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JBJS Case Connections: Happy Endings to Unusual Cervical Spine Injuries

November 30, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The November 25, 2015 “Case Connections” looks at four JBJS Case Connector cases involving injuries to the cervical spine in which the outcomes were about as

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Need to Know

FDA Approves Pradaxa for Thromboprevention After Hip Replacement

November 25, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The FDA this week approved dabigatran (Pradaxa) for prevention of DVT and pulmonary embolism following hip arthroplasty surgery. The approval follows FDA analysis of two

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Need to Know

Patient Pain Perception: Two New Studies

November 24, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The connection between patient pain and clinical orthopaedic outcomes has received much attention lately. Here are relevant findings from two recent studies: –An in-press study

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Need to Know

Including Osseous Fragment in Bankart Repair Yields Good Results

November 23, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

When treating shoulders with a Bankart lesion that includes an osseous fragment, many orthopaedic surgeons excise the fragment while repairing the capsulolabral complex, and then

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CMS Delays Start of Joint-Replacement Bundled Payments til April 1, 2016

November 20, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulating “episode-of-care” Medicare payments to hospitals for hip and knee replacements includes a

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Editor's Choice

JBJS Editor’s Choice: Local Antibiotic Delivery for Open Fractures—Ready for an RCT?

November 20, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In the November 18, 2015 edition of JBJS, Lawing et al. present a well-documented cohort study comparing the outcomes of open-fracture management with local administration

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What's New

What’s New in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery: Level I and II Studies

November 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

Powdered Vancomycin Cuts Surgical Infection Risk in Diabetic Patients

November 18, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A recent case-control study in Foot & Ankle International found that high-risk diabetic patients (mean age of 60) undergoing reconstructive foot and/or ankle surgery were

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Need to Know

Nov. 23 JBJS Webinar—Supracondylar Humeral Fractures

November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

On Monday, Nov. 23, 2015 at 8:00 PM EDT, JBJS will host a one-hour webinar focused on managing pediatric supracondylar humeral fractures. Because supracondylar humeral

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Editor's Choice

JBJS Editor’s Choice: Age Is Only One Factor in Rotator Cuff Decision Making

November 13, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In the November 4, 2015 Level I JBJS study by Kukkonen et al., patients over the age of 55 were randomized to one of three

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