JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Outpatient Joint Replacement?
“Necessity is the mother of invention.” In recent years, the demand for total hip, total knee, and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty …
Accurate, Easy Risk Adjustment for Ortho Outcomes Is Possible
All you stats geeks out there will love the January 6, 2016 study in The Journal of Bone & Joint …
Three Steps Cut Surgical Site Staph Infections after Joint Replacement
Surgical site infections (SSIs) can cancel out the benefits of surgery, and they’re the number-one cause of hospital readmissions following …
Joint Replacement Associated with Postop Weight Loss in Obese Patients
The relationships between body weight and joint replacement are debated often in the orthopaedic community. Some surgeons are so concerned …
Medicare to “Unbundle” Postoperative Care by 2018
During a well-attended symposium on bundled payment initiatives for joint replacement at the 2015 AAOS Annual Meeting, speakers shared enlightening …
JBJS Classics: Periprosthetic Bone Loss in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Each month during the coming year, OrthoBuzz will bring you a current commentary on a “classic” article from The Journal …
Does “Prehab” Lower Episode-of-Care Costs in TJA?
Many orthopaedic surgeons still believe that physical therapy (PT) services simply add to the total cost of care without improving …
FDA OKs RF Pain-Management System for Use in People with Metal Implants
The FDA removed the metal-implant contraindication for the Provant Therapy System, making Provant available for use in patients with …
Q & A with Dr. Ran Schwarzkopf and His Experience Using Google Glass
After reading our item about Google Glass in the January OrthoBuzz, Dr. Ran Schwarzkopf, assistant clinical professor of orthopaedics at …