In this post, JBJS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski discusses a new study on time to debridement of open femoral and tibial fractures and infection risk.
Category: Trauma
![Radiographs of a typical SIGN database case file. The patient was a 12-year-old Afghan boy who had a midshaft femoral nonunion 4 months after failed ORIF.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/furdock-fig4.png)
A new study in JBJS evaluates intramedullary fixation for femoral nonunion in pediatric patients in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor
![Graphs depicting absolute change (mean ± SEM) in LS, FN, and TH BMD during denosumab treatment and after receiving no subsequent therapy or received subsequent treatment with risedronate, alendronate, or zoledronic acid. From "Bone loss after denosumab discontinuation is prevented by alendronate and zoledronic acid but not risedronate: a retrospective study."](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fig-Whats-New-Osteoporosis-Tutaworn.png)
Vitamin D supplementation, fracture risk, and osteoporosis drug therapies are among several topics explored in recent studies featured in the new JBJS Guest Editorial: What’s
![Pre- and Postoperative Radiographic Measurements of Tibial Plateau Fracture Displacement: Association with Risk of Total Knee Arthroplasty](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/infographic-6.png)
A new multicenter investigation by Assink et al. in JBJS explores the association between radiographic measurements and the risk of conversion to total knee arthroplasty
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A new JBJS study establishes a consensus definition for fracture patterns within the Schenck Knee Dislocation V subcategory. Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski offers this perspective
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A video abstract is available with the new study by Florio et al. in JBJS: Dual Inhibition of the Wnt Inhibitors DKK1 and Sclerostin Promotes
![Radiographic illustration of a humerus fracture.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Trauma.png)
Recent findings on fracture management and other trauma-related topics are presented in the new JBJS Guest Editorial “What’s New in Orthopaedic Trauma.” Here, we highlight
![Kaplan-Meier survival analysis for both medial and lateral meniscal repairs over the course of 10 years.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wrig_fig1.png)
In this post, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media Dr. Matt Schmitz discusses a new study reporting 10-year outcomes of second-generation, all-inside meniscal repair with
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This Resident Roundup post comes from Sean Pirkle, MD, a second-year resident with the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington,
![Bar graphs depicting distribution of outcome scores after proximal humeral fracture during adolescence.](https://orthobuzz.jbjs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/lahd_fig2.png)
Dr. Marc Swiontkowski, JBJS Editor-in-Chief, discusses a new study assessing the long-term outcomes of proximal humeral fractures sustained in adolescence. Treating fractures involving the physes