2016 Marks IASP’s Global Year Against Joint Pain
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) recently launched its 2016 “Global Year Against Pain in the …
Long-Term Repair Success with MCLs Injured During TKA
Intraoperative injury to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) is a rare but important complication of total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Surgeons …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: Volume-Outcome Relationships in Arthroplasty
Whenever the impact of surgeon volume on patient outcomes for technically complex interventions has been assessed, the following correlation has …
Accurate, Easy Risk Adjustment for Ortho Outcomes Is Possible
All you stats geeks out there will love the January 6, 2016 study in The Journal of Bone & Joint …
Ronald W. Lindsey Named Co-Editor of JBJS Case Connector
Marc
Swiontkowski, MD, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS) and Co-Editor of JBJS Case …
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–VTED after Foot and Ankle Surgery
It seems that anytime a lower extremity undergoes operative treatment, the question is raised regarding the need for and type …
Reducing the Risk of Ceramic Femoral-Head Fractures
JBJS Case Connector has issued a “Watch” regarding the rare but potentially catastrophic fracture of ceramic femoral heads used in …
X-rays Miss Many Cases of Hip Osteoarthritis
It’s a good thing orthopaedists don’t rely solely on X-rays to diagnose hip osteoarthritis (OA), because an analysis of data …
Naproxen Effective for Preventing HO after Hip Arthroscopy
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a known complication of hip arthroplasty. A double-bl
ind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Beckmann et al…