Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media, discusses a new Level I study on essential amino acid supplementation in the perioperative period in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.
“Surgical optimization” is a term that is commonly used in …
In a recent episode of the OrthoJOE podcast, Drs. Mo Bhandari and Marc Swiontkowski are joined by special guest Dr. Jennifer Green, hand surgeon and President of the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance (IODA).
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This Resident Roundup post comes from David N. Bernstein, MD, MBA, MEI, who is a PGY-3 resident in the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program (HCORP) in Boston, Massachusetts. This is the second in a 3-part Resident Roundup series on leadership …
Patient outcomes ≥40 years after treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, return-to-sport rates following periacetabular osteotomy, and other important findings are covered in the new JBJS Guest Editorial “What’s New in Pediatric Orthopaedics.” Here, we highlight the 5 …
This Resident Roundup post comes from Erik M. Hegeman, MD, an active duty PGY-3 resident with the Brooke Army Medical Center Orthopaedic Residency Program in San Antonio, Texas. This is the first in a 3-part Resident Roundup series on leadership …
A new editorial by Dr. Kanu Okike, JBJS Deputy Editor for Health Disparities, and Dr. Marc Swiontkowski, JBJS Editor-in-Chief, appears in the February 15, 2023 issue of JBJS:
Editorial: The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in The Journal of …
Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media, discusses a new study evaluating curve progression after skeletal maturity in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and a major curve Cobb angle of 40° to 50°.
In …
February 10, 2023 – Measurement of plasma D-dimer levels – a test more commonly used to detect blood-clotting disorders – can provide useful information when making the difficult diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), reports a study in The…
This Resident Roundup post comes from Georgios I. Chalatsis MD, MSc, PhD(c). Dr. Chalatsis recently completed his national board exams and is now an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Trauma at the University Hospital of …
