What’s New in Pediatric Orthopaedics 2024
Notable findings in pediatrics regarding the treatment of fractures, infection, early-onset scoliosis, and more are presented in the new JBJS…
Growth Hormone Therapy and Risk of Physeal Avulsion Fractures of the Tibia
Dr. Matt Schmitz, JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media, offers this post on a new study that explores whether a …
Analgesia After Pediatric Supracondylar Humeral Fractures: It’s Time To Shift Our Habits
JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media Dr. Matt Schmitz offers his thoughts on a new study comparing the efficacy of …
What’s New in Musculoskeletal Basic Science 2023
Recent findings related to bone loss and bone healing, among other important topics, are presented in the new JBJS Guest …
BMD Loss After Combat-Related Lower Extremity Amputation—Use of CT-Based Calculations
Patients who sustain major trauma are at risk of bone mineral density (BMD) loss, note Hoyt et al. in a …
Time to Focus on Muscle in Hip Fracture
JBJS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski reflects on a new study examining changes in skeletal muscle mass following femoral fragility fracture. …
Open Fractures and Infection Risk: SIGN Data Reinforce Basic Principles
In this post, JBJS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Marc Swiontkowski discusses a new study on time to debridement of open femoral and …
IMN Fixation for Femoral Nonunion in Pediatric Patients in Lower Resource Countries
A new study in JBJS evaluates intramedullary fixation for femoral nonunion in pediatric patients in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. …
What’s New in Osteoporosis and Fragility Fractures 2023
Vitamin D supplementation, fracture risk, and osteoporosis drug therapies are among several topics explored in recent studies featured in the …