What’s New in Musculoskeletal Basic Science 2021
Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies from the orthopaedic literature during the previous …
Seeking Molecular Signatures of Ectopic Bone Formation
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Impact Science, in response to an article …
Pulsatile Lavage Harms Muscle in Rat Model of Blast Injury
Basic science investigations into clinically relevant orthopaedic conditions are very common—and often very fruitful. What’s not very common is seeing …
Histology Yields Clues to HO in Injured Service Members
Between 2000 and 2014, 1573 wounded US service members sustained one or more major amputations, and nearly two-thirds of those …
Naproxen Effective for Preventing HO after Hip Arthroscopy
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a known complication of hip arthroplasty. A double-bl
ind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial by Beckmann et al…
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Femoral Head Fractures
Fractures of the femoral head are uncommon. Typically associated with hip dislocations, they are found in association with high-energy trauma. …
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 …