Press Ganey Survey in Ambulatory Upper-Extremity Care: Assessing Nonresponse Bias
Patient surveys are now being widely used by hospital systems to monitor patient satisfaction with the process of inpatient and …
A Real-World Economic Evaluation: TSA vs Hemiarthroplasty
In a new study reported in JBJS, Lapner et al. conducted a cost-utility analysis of total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) versus …
What’s New in Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction 2021
Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies reported in the orthopaedic literature during the …
Reconstruction for Chronic ACL Tears with or without Anterolateral Structure Augmentation in Patients at High Risk for Clinical Failure
Compared with isolated ACLR, combined ACLR and ALSA resulted in a reduction in persistent rotatory laxity and higher rates of …
Rehabilitation Strategies: Fertile Ground for Prospective Randomized Trials
Approximately 18% of JBJS scientific studies published in 2020 were Level I or II investigations. The number of high-level studies …
Mental Health Phenotypes and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Upper-Extremity Care
Pain is a remarkable and, at times, poorly understood concept. There has been extensive research showing that patients with the …
Outpatient Orthopaedic Surgery: Recent Trends in the Medicare Population
The performance of orthopaedic procedures in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) continues to increase in the US. This practice is accelerating …
Ten-Year Results of the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing Implant System
There have been 3 historic cycles of interest in surface replacement of the hip in the last 40 years. The …