Nauth/McKee VideoWins JBJS EST Editor’s Choice Award
To celebrate the launch of “Key Procedures” in October, JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques (EST) invited authors to enter their videos …
JBJS Case Connections: Happy Endings to Unusual Cervical Spine Injuries
The November 25, 2015 “Case Connections” looks at four JBJS Case Connector cases involving injuries to the cervical spine in …
JBJS Classics: Understanding Proximal Humeral Fractures
The contributions to the field of shoulder surgery from Dr. Charles Neer are too numerous to document in any one …
Increased Calcium Intake Neither Boosts BMD nor Reduces Fracture Risk
In two separate studies published recently in the BMJ, New Zealand researchers concluded that increased calcium intake, through diet …
JBJS Editor’s Choice—Quality-of-Life Measures Emphasize Impact of Long Bone Nonunions
“Health-related quality of life” is easier to say than to measure. In the September 2, 2015 edition of The Journal…
Fibrin No Friend of Fracture Repair
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have concluded that fibrin, a protein involved in blood clotting and found abundantly around …
Bone Fracture-SSRI Link in Perimenopausal Women
The prescribing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for nonpsychiatric disorders has climbed steadily in recent years, and the June …
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Antibiotic Prophylaxis Reduces Infection after Open Fractures
Most surgeons believe that an open fracture of an extremity is an indication for antibiotic prophylaxis. However, few are familiar …
JBJS Editor’s Choice—Clavicle-Fracture Fixation and Golf-Club Selection
Golf enthusiasts endlessly debate club design and selection when approaching standard situations on the course. For example, for a shot …