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Editor's Choice Hand and Wrist Spine Sports Medicine

Outpatient Orthopaedic Surgery: Recent Trends in the Medicare Population

August 4, 2021 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The performance of orthopaedic procedures in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) continues to increase in the US. This practice is accelerating for multiple reasons: patients want to sleep in their own beds, hospitals can present a risky environment for

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Hip Knee Need to Know

A Deeper Dive into Diabetes and Total Joint Replacement

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

There are many more “types” of diabetes than the pathophysiologic designations of Type 1 and Type 2. In the December 16, 2020 issue of The

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Editor's choice Hip Knee

Time Waits For No One—Aging Increases Costs

October 9, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The cost of medical care in the United States has been shown to rise with advancing patient age, and total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a

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Editor's Choice Knee

TKA Cost Efficiency Is Improving, But We Can Do Better

June 4, 2020 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Wide variability in the cost and quality of health care in the US has led some to describe our system as “uniquely inefficient.” Consequently, we

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Wide Variation in Orthopaedic Access Among Medicaid Patients

August 22, 2019 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Christopher Dy, MD, MPH, co-author of a recently published JBJS study. It is no

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