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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Active Immune Cells Associated with Quick Recovery from Hip Replacement

October 15, 2014October 14, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The signaling activity of CD14+ monocytes after hip replacement surgery in 32 patients correlated strongly with the patients’ reports of postsurgical pain and function. Stanford

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Nonoperative Knee-Pain Treatments: Acupuncture—No, Bracing—Yes

October 10, 2014November 3, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Two recent studies revealed that valgus bracing may be more effective than acupuncture for treating knee osteoarthritis. A JAMA study of nearly 300 people 50

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Another Look at Bisphosphonates and Jaw Osteonecrosis

September 24, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that approximately one out of 200 Taiwanese who used oral alendronate long term

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Andrews App to Prevent Pitching Injuries

September 22, 2014October 2, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Young baseball players who want to stay out of the operating room should look into purchasing the Throw Like a Pro app ($9.99 for iPhones

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

The True Value of Hip-Fracture Surgery

September 17, 2014October 2, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Currently, each year more than 300,000 Americans sustain a hip fracture, and that number is expected to rise to more than 500,000 within the next

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“New” but Not Necessarily “Improved”

September 15, 2014September 18, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A review of five hip- and knee-implant innovations, initiated by the FDA in reaction to serious problems with metal-on-metal hip bearings, found that none offered

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From Sutures to Staples to….Zippers?

September 12, 2014September 11, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The Zip Surgical Skin Closure device from ZipLine Medical (Campbell, CA) is an intriguing recent evolution in surgical wound closure. If the experiences of two

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

First 3D-Printed Cervical Disc Implanted

August 21, 2014September 11, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

For any number of reasons, regulatory issues among them, orthopaedic innovations in China often have modest relevance for the practice of orthopaedics elsewhere in the

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Aspirin’s Effectiveness in VTE Prevention Varies by Procedure

August 18, 2014August 20, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A recent meta-analysis of eight randomized trials (1,408 total patients) compared aspirin to anticoagulants such as warfarin and dabigatran for preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) after

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Shoulder Impingement: Steroid Shots and PT Equally Effective

August 14, 2014August 18, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

People with shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) randomly assigned to six sessions of physical therapy (PT) experienced the same 50% improvement in average pain and disability

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