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Hand and Wrist Infection Pediatrics Trauma What's New

What’s New in Hand and Wrist Surgery 2023

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The relationship between surgical site infection and preoperative corticosteroid injection for various procedures, findings on the long-term effectiveness of corticosteroid injection versus carpal tunnel release

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DEI Editor's Choice Trauma

Catastrophic Health Expenditure: A Secondary Trauma for Many Patients

March 12, 2023March 9, 2023 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In this post, Dr. Marc Swiontkowski, JBJS Editor-in-Chief, reflects on the findings of a new study on the risk of catastrophic health expenditure in patients

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A series of radiographs of a patient with instrumentation and fusion from T4 to L4.
Foot and Ankle Hand and Wrist Hip Pediatrics Spine Trauma What's New

What’s New in Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023

February 23, 2023February 22, 2023 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Patient outcomes ≥40 years after treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, return-to-sport rates following periacetabular osteotomy, and other important findings are covered in the new JBJS

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CONSORT flowchart of patient inclusion, randomization, and follow-up.
Editor's Choice Trauma

External Fixation: Still a Viable Treatment Option Worthy of Clinical Trials

February 3, 2023February 2, 2023 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Dr. Marc Swiontkowski, JBJS Editor-in-Chief, offers his thoughts on a new randomized controlled trial comparing primary closure and secondary wound healing of pin sites after

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Intraoperative radiographs and fluoroscopic images showing breakage of the extraction mechanism assembly during the removal phase.
Editor's Choice Pediatrics Trauma

Complications with Complicated Implants

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In this post, Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski discusses the new JBJS study by Hlukha et al. on mechanical failures observed in magnetic intramedullary lengthening nails.  

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Illustrated graphic from video summary representing a compression fracture and back pain.
Need to Know Spine Trauma

New Study Assesses Risk of Secondary Osteoporotic Compression Fractures

December 31, 2022December 27, 2022 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In a new study in JBJS, Mills et al. evaluate whether cement augmentation increases the risk of secondary fracture following a vertebral osteoporotic compression fracture

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Model structure. The 2-stage model consisted of a short-term decision tree model (1 year after the index procedure) (Fig. 1-A) and a long-term Markov state-transition model (from the second year after the index surgery to lifetime) (Fig. 1-B).
Need to Know Trauma

Cement Augmentation vs. No Augmentation in Trochanteric Fracture Fixation: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

November 26, 2022November 23, 2022 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Trochanteric fractures often occur in older patients, including those with osteoporosis, and are associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity.   Investigators previously conducted a

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Fracture of the tibia
Orthopaedic Essentials Trauma

Social Deprivation and Tibial Fracture Healing

November 19, 2022November 17, 2022 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

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

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Doctor and Nurse standing next to patient in a hospital bed
Need to Know Trauma

Improving Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Severe Traumatic Injuries

October 21, 2022October 19, 2022 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In severe musculoskeletal trauma, studies suggest that patients may have better long-term outcomes when interventions in the early recovery period support psychosocial health needs. A

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Hematoxylin and eosin staining of allograft particulate implanted in 3-mm femoral defects at 10 weeks postoperatively.
Basic Science Editor's Choice Trauma

Donor Bisphosphonate Treatment Negatively Impacts Mineralized Allografts, Animal Study Finds

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The findings of a new animal study suggest that bisphosphonate treatment in donors may indeed be relevant when mineralized allografts are used in orthopaedic procedures.

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