In this post, Dr. Thomas Bauer, Co-Editor of JBJS Case Connector, discusses a recent report of 2 cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis osteomyelitis after spinal fusion resulting from contaminated cellular bone matrix.
Bone allograft products have a long history of safety, …
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski discusses a new study from The Netherlands that presents a fully automatic method for assessing lower-limb alignment from computed tomography (CT) scans.
Lower-limb malalignment may be associated with substantial symptoms and functional disability. Often, malalignment in …
A video summary is available with the new study by Thorne et al. in JBJS:
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JBJS gold-standard video content is now available—and easily searchable—in one location. Go to JBJS.org, where you’ll find an updated section called JBJS Media. This enhancement to our site provides access to a comprehensive library of …
At the close of the year, JBJS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski reflected on the many articles published in JBJS in 2022, focusing specifically on those that will have the greatest impact on patient care. In a new editorial, Dr. Swiontkowski …
In this post, JBJS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski reflects on the growth of Medicare Advantage enrollment and the impact it may have on orthopaedic database research.
Medicare-eligible patients have increasingly moved to privatized Medicare Advantage plans. In a new JBJS…
A new editorial offers additional perspective on a recent study of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in joint arthroplasty. The editorial appears in both JBJS and The Journal of Arthroplasty.
Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Is Superior to Aspirin in the Prevention of …
JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media, Dr. Matt Schmitz, reflects on a new study that examines the risk of noise-induced hearing loss for orthopaedic surgeons.
Occupational hazards are all around us in the operating room (OR). We have protocols to …
In this post, Deputy Editor for Social Media Dr. Matt Schmitz discusses the new study by Hong et al. in JBJS: “The Effect of Social Deprivation on Fracture-Healing and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures.”…
