Under one name or another, The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery has published quality orthopaedic content spanning three centuries. In 1919, our publication was
Tag: metal-on-metal
The enemy of the good is the better. It’s an axiom we hear during our surgical training, and it was my first thought when reading
Over the past several decades, orthopaedic surgery has enjoyed an explosion in the development of new technologies. These technologies have largely improved the quality of
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Richard S. Yoon, MD. We’re entering the “midterm” follow-up period for the metal-on-metal
In the mid-2000s, before the orthopaedic community was aware of the potentially catastrophic shortcomings of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants, nearly half of all hip replacements
In a May 2011 supplement to The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Lavigne et al. reported results from a prospective two-year study looking at blood