Skip to content
  • JBJS.org – The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
jbjs logo

OrthoBuzz

Keeping you up-to-date with orthopaedic news

  • Features
    • What’s New
    • Need to Know
    • Infographic
    • Video Summary
    • OrthoJOE
    • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
  • Subspecialty
    • Basic Science
    • Elbow
    • Foot and Ankle
    • Hand and Wrist
    • Hip
    • Knee
    • Shoulder
    • Spine
    • Infection
    • Oncology
    • Pain Management
    • Pediatrics
    • Rehabilitation
    • Sports Medicine
    • Trauma
  • Education and Training
    • Resident Roundup
    • Journal Club
  • Editor’s Choice
    • Elite Reviewers
    • Editor’s Choice
  • JBJS Press Releases
  • About

Tag: depression

  • Home
  • depression
Doctor and Nurse standing next to patient in a hospital bed
Need to Know Trauma

Improving Long-Term Outcomes of Patients with Severe Traumatic Injuries

October 21, 2022October 19, 2022 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In severe musculoskeletal trauma, studies suggest that patients may have better long-term outcomes when interventions in the early recovery period support psychosocial health needs. A

Read More
Editor's Choice Hand and Wrist Shoulder

Mental Health Phenotypes and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Upper-Extremity Care   

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Pain is a remarkable and, at times, poorly understood concept. There has been extensive research showing that patients with the same conditions can experience pain differently and that pain and activity

Read More
Editor's Choice Knee

Better TKA Outcomes When Depression Is Addressed

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In the past decade, we’ve learned through a multitude of studies that patient factors can have a substantial impact on the outcomes of orthopaedic interventions.

Read More
Editor's Choice Foot and Ankle

Smoking, Depression Adversely Affect Outcomes after TAA

February 6, 2019 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

After some relatively poor results in the 1980s, there was a “reboot” with total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) in the late 1990s to improve outcomes so

Read More
Editor's Choice Hip Knee

Better News for TJA Patients with Depression

October 17, 2018 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Over the last 2 decades, research into how various “preexisting conditions” affect the outcomes of orthopaedic interventions has increasingly focused on the impact of mental

Read More
Pain Management Trauma

Opioid-Tapering Plan May Help Prevent Prolonged Use after Trauma/Surgery

August 7, 2018 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Addressing the opioid epidemic requires a concerted effort from all sectors of society, but the role of surgeons (orthopaedic and otherwise) cannot be ignored because

Read More
Need to Know

Pay Attention to Psychiatric Illness in Polytrauma Patients

March 11, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Ample research has revealed that a patient’s psychological status influences the outcomes of many medical interventions. While orthopaedists treating patients with multiple-system orthopaedic trauma might

Read More
Editor's Choice

JBJS Editor’s Choice—Patient Pain: A Hurdle for All Orthopaedists

August 17, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Every clinician treating musculoskeletal injury or disease knows that pain perception among patients is highly subjective and variable. Given the same objective magnitude of a

Read More

Follow OrthoBuzz via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 1,621 other subscribers

Try Clinical Classroom

clinical classroom

Like Us on Facebook

Like Us on Facebook
  • About OrthoBuzz

Recent Posts

  • BMD Loss After Combat-Related Lower Extremity Amputation—Use of CT-Based Calculations
  • JBJS Reviews: Celebrating 10 Years
  • Time to Focus on Muscle in Hip Fracture
  • What’s New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation 2023
  • Winners of the Robert Bucholz Resident Journal Club Support Program 2023-2024

Recent Comments

  • Nishant MS DO PhD on JBJS Reviews: Celebrating 10 Years
  • Shyan Lii Goh on Video Abstract: Cementless vs. Cemented TKA
  • Anonymous on Video Abstract: Cementless vs. Cemented TKA
  • Anonymous on Common blood pressure medications linked to lower risk of total knee replacement
  • Philip R Hardy on Common blood pressure medications linked to lower risk of total knee replacement
All Rights Reserved 2023. JBJS.org
Theme: Fairy by Candid Themes.
 

Loading Comments...