Preventing Acetabular Component Migration in Revision THA
Revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a challenging procedure for many reasons, not the least of which is the risk …
Guest Posts: Two Views on Gawande’s New Yorker Article about EMRs
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. In response to a recent New Yorker article by Atul Gawande, the …
What’s New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation 2018
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
Treating Displaced AC Joint Dislocations: Patient Expectations Matter
Often in life, when there are many potential solutions for a single problem, none of them is found to be …
Comparing the Potential of Cartilage-Cell Therapies
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Residents in the OR—What’s the Risk?
Orthopaedic educators have long confronted the subtle implication that resident participation in surgical care can contribute to patient harm or …
More Evidence: Coordinated Care Reduces Risk of Second Fragility Fracture
Fracture liaison services and similar coordinated, multidisciplinary fragility-fracture reduction programs for patients with osteoporosis work (see related OrthoBuzz posts…
Physical Parameters Beyond BMI Affect TKA Outcomes
It is well established that obese patients who undergo total joint arthroplasty have increased risks of complications and infections. But …
November 2018 Article Exchange with JOSPT
In 2015, JBJS launched an “article exchange” collaboration with the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) …