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
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This post comes from Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media. He reflects on a new study evaluating the impact of an allograft-reduction

In this post, JBJS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski discusses a new study evaluating patients’ treatment preferences and expectations in the management of radial nerve injuries.

A video summary is available with the new study by Thorne et al. in JBJS: No Increased Risk of Nonunion with Bisphosphonate Use in a

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

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

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

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

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.

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