New Studies on BMI and Hip Replacement
Obesity is one of the most serious public health problems in the 21st century, and body weight is becoming …
3-D Planning Enhances Cup-Placement Accuracy in THA
When it comes to acetabular cup positioning during total hip arthroplasty (THA), precision really matters. Malpositioned cups increase the risk …
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Preventing Wrong-Site Surgery
“First do no harm.” Patients undergo operative procedures with the inherent belief that their surgeon will perform the operation in …
Whither Meaningful Use?
Meaningful use (MU) Stage 2 and 3 requirements have been a bane of existence for many physician practices, so a …
Atypical Femoral Fractures: An Update
We posted our first “Case Connections” article about bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) one year ago. Since then, JBJS Case …
Bariatric Surgery Prior to TKA for Morbidly Obese Patients?
The two numbers that you’ll want to remember from the computer model-based cost-effectiveness study by McLawhorn et al. in …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: Give Workers’ Comp Patients the Benefit of the Doubt
In the January 20, 2016 JBJS prognostic study by Gornet et al., patients with Workers’ Compensation (WC) insurance …
What’s New in Orthopaedic Oncology
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
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 …