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 …
Radiographic Predictors of Conversion to TKA After Surgery for Tibial Plateau Fracture
A new multicenter investigation by Assink et al. in JBJS explores the association between radiographic measurements and the risk of …
Using the Delphi Process to Move Research Forward for Unusual Conditions
A new JBJS study establishes a consensus definition for fracture patterns within the Schenck Knee Dislocation V subcategory. Editor-in-Chief Dr. …
Video Abstract: Dual Inhibition of DKK1 and Sclerostin in Fracture Repair in Experimental Study in Nonhuman Primates
A video abstract is available with the new study by Florio et al. in JBJS:Â
What’s New in Orthopaedic Trauma 2023
Recent findings on fracture management and other trauma-related topics are presented in the new JBJS Guest Editorial “What’s New …