Home in on Bone Health in Patients with Fragility Fractures
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from James Blair, MD, in response to a recent …
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Helps Reduce—and Prevent—Pain in Amputees
Symptomatic neuromas have long been a problem for amputees, interfering with prosthetic comfort and causing residual pain that often requires …
Low Adherence to Open-Fracture Antibiotic Guidelines
The prompt administration of prophylactic antibiotics is considered a critical component of open-fracture management. In 2011, the Eastern Association for …
Proximal Humeral Fractures: More Data on Nonunion Risk
Proximal humeral fractures tend to occur in a bimodal distribution, namely, in younger, primarily male patients and in older (>65 …
Machine Learning Algorithm May Predict Postfracture Infection
Infection after surgery to treat a tibial shaft fracture can have devastating consequences, with significant associated costs and burdens. Although …
Long-Term Patient Follow-up: Not Easy but Worth the Effort
Longer-term follow-up of orthopaedic patients is instrumental to research and the advancement of patient care. One simply cannot understand the …
WALANT Surgery Works for Ankle Fractures
Notice of Retraction: March 2, 2022
We regret to inform you that The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery must …
Sustainable Trauma Care in Low-Resource Settings: How Can We Help?
Orthopaedic colleagues who live and practice in low-resource areas around the world have clearly voiced that they want support from …
Life Expectancy Informs Choice of Hemi Implant after Femoral Neck Fracture
Predicting life expectancy is not an exact science. But estimating the remaining years of life in elderly patients with a …