Not All Modes in Multimodal Pain Management are Effective
The public health crisis attributed to opioids has placed increasing emphasis on other approaches to pain management, both pharmacologic and …
Virtual PT Noninferior to and Less Expensive than Usual Care
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. In response to a recent stu
dy in The Journal of Bone & …
Highly Cross-Linked Poly Adds No Benefit to Most TKAs
The preponderance of published orthopaedic evidence supports the use of highly cross-linked polyethylene (HXLPE) in acetabular components for patients undergoing …
What’s New in Adult Reconstructive Knee Surgery 2020
Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the …
JBJS Webinar on Feb. 24: Rotator Cuff Conundrums
Rotator cuff tears account for an estimated 4.5 million patient visits per year in the US, which translates into a …
Safe Retractor Placement during Direct Anterior THA
One of my residency mentors always stressed that orthopaedic surgeons should be “masters of musculoskeletal anatomy.” During his first lecture …
Strong Case for Outpatient Fracture Surgery
Nobody wants to be hospitalized. Hospitals are expensive, risky, and noisy environments, providing probably the worst set-up for restorative sleep. …
Revisiting INR Targets Prior to THA
In March 2019, OrthoBuzz covered a JBJS study by Rudasill et al. that found a progressively increasing risk of …
More Data on Managing Distal Radial Fractures in Old Patients
Distal radial fractures are common, especially in the elderly, but the best management for these fractures in older patients remains …