“Adequate” Amount of Graft Boosts Success in Foot/Ankle Fusion
A therapeutic Level II study by DiGiovanni et al. in the August 3, 2016 edition of The Journal of …
Positive Culture at Reimplantation in 2-Stage Exchange Arthroplasty Warrants Aggressive Treatment
Many orthopaedists order cultures of tissue and synovial fluid samples during the reimplantation phase of two-stage exchange arthroplasties. Now, thanks …
Tai Chi as Effective as PT for Knee OA—Or More So?
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Chad Krueger, MD, in response to an Annals …
Novel Ratio Can Help Screen for Developmental Cervical Stenosis
Developmental cervical stenosis is usually asymptomatic in adults until an acute injury or degenerative soft-tissue abnormalities cause nerve compression and …
“Smart” Implant Coating Delivers Antibiotics in Presence of Bacteria
Despite advances in sterile techniques and evidence-based use of perioperative antibiotics, periprosthetic joint infections still occur in 1% of primary …
JBJS Case Connections—Wrong-Way Wrist Bones
The ability of the small and complexly connected wrist bones to function properly supports everything from activities of daily living …
JBJS JOPA Image Quiz: Golf-Related Wrist Injury
This month’s Image Quiz from the JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants (JOPA) highlights the case of …
ACL Surgery Trends, 2007 to 2014
In a population-based epidemiological study published in the July 6, 2016 Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Tibor et …
No BMP–Cancer Link Found in Older Patients After Lumbar Arthrodesis
The July 6, 2016, edition of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery features a large case-cohort study that may …