Guest Post: Single-Stage Revision for Failed Shoulder Arthroplasty Is Effective
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Grigory Gershkovich, MD.
Shoulder arthroplasty continues to grow …
JBJS Case Connections—Osteochondritis Dissecans: Baseball and Genetics
The exact mechanism by which osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) lesions develop is poorly understood. This month’s “Case Connections” spotlights 3 case …
JBJS JOPA Image Quiz: Lateral Clavicle Fracture
This month’s Image Quiz from the JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants (JOPA) presents the case of …
Long-Term, Latarjet Beats Bankart for Anterior Shoulder Instability
In a retrospective case-cohort analysis of 364 shoulders that had primary repair of recurrent anterior instability, Zimmermann et al. …
What’s New in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
Clavicle Fractures: Incidence Up, Surgical Treatment Way Up
How best to treat clavicle fractures remains a controversial question in orthopaedics. A study by Huttunen et al. in …
Whence P. Acnes in Shoulder Arthroplasty?
Propionibacterium acnes is a frequently isolated pathogen in postoperative shoulder infections, but where exactly does it come from? According to …
Case Connector “Watch”—Beware Wayward Wires in the Shoulder Girdle
A substantial number of patients, old and young, who sustain a proximal humeral fracture are managed with Kirschner wires (K-wires). …
What’s New in Orthopaedic Trauma 2016
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …