Proximal Humeral Fractures: More Data on Nonunion Risk
Proximal humeral fractures tend to occur in a bimodal distribution, namely, in younger, primarily male patients and in older (>65 …
Trimming the Fat (Pad) in Knee OA
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Outpatient Knee/Hip Arthroplasty Yields Fewer Adverse Events
The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database contains more than a half-million records of patients who received a total …
Machine Learning Algorithm May Predict Postfracture Infection
Infection after surgery to treat a tibial shaft fracture can have devastating consequences, with significant associated costs and burdens. Although …
What’s New in Hand and Wrist Surgery 2021
Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the …
Outcomes of Joint-Preserving Surgery in RA-Affected Feet
Dramatic improvements in medical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have led to marked reductions in joint damage and deformities. Consequently, …
Long-Term Patient Follow-up: Not Easy but Worth the Effort
Longer-term follow-up of orthopaedic patients is instrumental to research and the advancement of patient care. One simply cannot understand the …
Mouse Paws Good for Investigating Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis
Although an infected finger may not sound like a big deal, the closed-space bacterial infection known as pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis …
Strengthening Our Residency Programs through Robust Research
Residency training is an essential pipeline to keeping the field of orthopaedics strong. As I tell the surgeons in my …