Meniscal Transplants in Young Patients: Great While They Last
Meniscal transplantation is often recommended after total meniscectomy for patients younger than 50 who remain symptomatic and show articular cartilage …
Good Grip Is Key to All-Inside Meniscal Repair
Many meniscus-preserving arthroscopic treatments for meniscus tears have evolved in recent years, including all-inside repairs. Advantages of all-inside techniques include …
Article Exchange with Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
Those of you who receive our table of contents alert emails may have noticed the addition of a monthly link …
Thank You, Dr. Page
The July 7, 2015 edition of JAMA includes a moving and powerful essay from orthopaedic surgeon Alexandra Page, MD, titled …
Culture of Patient Safety Lacking in Some Orthopaedic Environments
Eighteen percent of nearly 400 orthopaedic surgeons responding to an 89-question survey about patient safety said they do not perceive …
Bone Fracture-SSRI Link in Perimenopausal Women
The prescribing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for nonpsychiatric disorders has climbed steadily in recent years, and the June …
Stop Smoking Before Joint Replacement—But for How Long?
The July 1, 2015 JBJS contains a database-driven analysis by Duchman et al. of more than 78,000 patients who …
Restoring Cartilage: The Holy Grail of Orthopaedics
For decades, researchers have been investigating different methods of cartilage repair, but no approach has yet risen to “gold standard” …
Knee Arthroscopy for Pain: Do Harms Overshadow Benefits?
Surgeons in the US perform more than 700,000 knee arthroscopies annually, but a recent BMJ systematic review/meta-analysis suggests that the …