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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: During Ankle Fusion, Save the Fibula!
In the December 16, 2015 edition of The Journal, Pellegrini et al. present the results from a cohort …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: IM Nails vs Hip Screws—How Many More Trials Do We Need?
In the December 2, 2015 issue of The Journal, Reindl et al. report on the results of a …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: Local Antibiotic Delivery for Open Fractures—Ready for an RCT?
In the November 18, 2015 edition of JBJS, Lawing et al
. present a well-documented cohort study comparing the …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: Age Is Only One Factor in Rotator Cuff Decision Making
In the November 4, 2015 Level I JBJS study by Kukkonen et al., patients over the age of 55 …
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Femoral Head Fractures
Fractures of the femoral head are uncommon. Typically associated with hip dislocations, they are found in association with high-energy trauma. …