The rise in health-care costs has contributed to the push for value-based health-care (VBHC) reform. A recent JBJS-AOA Critical Issues article by Lin et al.
Month: August 2022
![Elite Reviewer Herbert S. Schwartz, MD](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Schwartz_BAR.jpg)
JBJS is pleased once again to highlight our Elite Reviewers. The Elite Reviewers Program recognizes our best reviewers for their outstanding efforts. All JBJS reviewers
![Sagittal radiograph of a distal femur and photograph of intra-articular lesion.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nail-distraction-Frost.jpg)
Each month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent studies from the orthopaedic literature in a select subspecialty. Here, we spotlight 5 of the 75 papers featured
![Elite Reviewer Peter S. Rose, MD](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Rose_BAR.jpg)
JBJS is pleased once again to highlight our Elite Reviewers. The Elite Reviewers Program recognizes our best reviewers for their outstanding efforts. All JBJS reviewers
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Amputation in the setting of adult brachial plexus injury (BPI) thankfully is less common than in decades past. Notable progress has been made in microvascular
![Elite Reviewer Tobias Winkler, MD, PhD](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Winkler_BAR-1.jpg)
JBJS is pleased once again to highlight our Elite Reviewers. The Elite Reviewers Program recognizes our best reviewers for their outstanding efforts. All JBJS reviewers
![Group of Physicians Standing Against White Background](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Leadership_5.jpg)
Union activity has gained attention in medicine, with 2 recent JAMA articles presenting viewpoints on physician unions. JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media Dr. Matt
![Flow chart depicting the outcomes of the 250 primary total ankle arthroplasties](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lee-study-on-osteolysis.jpg)
Total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) continues to gain favor as an alternative to ankle arthrodesis. However, periprosthetic osteolysis is a risk factor for a poor outcome.
![Jay D. Keener, MD](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Keener_BAR-1.png)
JBJS is pleased once again to highlight our Elite Reviewers. The Elite Reviewers Program recognizes our best reviewers for their outstanding efforts. All JBJS reviewers
![Radiograph of TKA with extensive instrumentation](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/TKA-with-extensive-instrumentation-infection-Barry.png)
Recent studies on periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) and other topics are presented in the JBJS Guest Editorial “What’s New in Musculoskeletal Infection.” Here, we spotlight