Costs of Nonoperative Management in the Year Prior to TKA
A new JBJS study reviews costs associated with nonoperative management of osteoarthritis in the 1-year period leading up to total …
The Evidence Against Viscosupplementation for Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis
Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections, also known as viscosupplementation, are a common treatment option for many patients with end-stage osteoarthritis of …
German Knee OA Guidelines Mirror Findings in JBJS Reviews Article
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Prof. Joerg Jerosch, in response to a recent …
Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Use of Injections for Knee OA
In a recent OrthoBuzz post, I commented on the apparent benefits to patients when Scottish hip-fracture guidelines were followed. …
What’s New in Foot and Ankle Surgery
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
Single-Shot HA vs Steroid: Similar Outcomes at 6 Months
Orthopaedists frequently treat knee osteoarthritis with hyaluronic acid (HA) or corticosteroid injections, but which works better?
The 99 patients in …
What’s New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery: Level I and II Studies
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
New NEJM Article Cites Old Clinical Guidelines for Knee OA Treatment
A “Clinical Therapeutics” article in the March 12, 2015 New England Journal of Medicine focuses on viscosupplementation for knee …
Three New Knee Studies Yield Interesting Results
We stumbled upon three recent studies of knee osteoarthritis (OA) that shed interesting new light on a condition that all …