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.
Year: 2015
Bone is one of the most biologically unique tissues in the human body. What distinguishes bone from most other tissues is that, when injured, it
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have concluded that fibrin, a protein involved in blood clotting and found abundantly around the site of new bone
Providing patients with an opportunity to listen to music during advanced imaging such as MRI scans is well accepted. Now, according to a recent Lancet
Patients who experience persistent hip pain after nonoperative treatments for partial or full-thickness gluteus medius tears have two surgical repair options: open or endoscopic. A