New NEJM Article Cites Old Clinical Guidelines for Knee OA Treatment
A “Clinical Therapeutics” article in the March 12, 2015 New England Journal of Medicine focuses on viscosupplementation for knee …
Surgery and Sling Deliver Equal Outcomes for Proximal Humerus Fractures
A multisite, randomized trial of 250 patients (mean age of 66) with a displaced fracture of the surgical neck of …
Rethinking the Use of Pelvic Binders with Acetabular Fractures
Pelvic binders can provide lifesaving compression in patients with hemodynamically unstable pelvic injuries. But a report in the March 11, …
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Bisphosphonate-Related Femoral Fractures
In December 1996, a group of investigators reported the results of the Fracture Intervention Trial, a randomized controlled trial that …
Cut Infection Risk: Give Antibiotics within 60 Minutes of Open Tibia Fractures
A level-II retrospective prognostic study of 137 patients with type III open tibia fractures found that those given antibiotics within …
Interstate Licensing Compact on Docket in 15 States
Since our last post about interstate physician licensing in August 2014, 15 states have introduced legislation to approve the plan, …
Message to Postmenopausal Women with Mild Knee OA: Jump!
A randomized study of 80 postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis found that those assigned to a supervised progressive-impact exercise …
Preventing Atypical Femoral Fractures Related to Bisphosphonates
Physicians worldwide frequently prescribe bisphosphonates such as alendronate (Fosamax) and ibandronate (Boniva) to treat osteoporosis and prevent fragility fractures. Unfortunately, …
Two New “Solutions” to Prickly Orthopaedic Problems
A study on rat knees in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage suggests that irrigating joints with hyperosmotic saline (600 mOsm) reduced surgically …