JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice—Pediatric Infection
Infection, whether acute, chronic, local, or systemic, is something that all surgeons respect and fear. To counter infection, tissue injury …
​Revision TKA: Similar Outcomes with Cemented or Hybrid Stem Fixation
One key question for orthopaedic surgeons regarding revision total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is how best to affix femoral and tibial …
Bidding on Medical Services Raises Quality, Ethical Concerns
According to a report on Medscape.com (registration required), for Francisco Velazco, an unemployed Seattle handyman, an online auction yielded an …
How to Become iPad-Savvy
According to the JBJS Mobile Technology and Social Medial Usage Study released in March 2014, on average, orthopaedic surgeons spend …
The True Value of Hip-Fracture Surgery
Currently, each year more than 300,000 Americans sustain a hip fracture, and that number is expected to rise to more …
From Sutures to Staples to….Zippers?
The Zip Surgical Skin Closure device from ZipLine Medical (Campbell, CA) is an intriguing recent evolution in surgical wound closure. …
First 3D-Printed Cervical Disc Implanted
For any number of reasons, regulatory issues among them, orthopaedic innovations in China often have modest relevance for the practice …
Editor’s Choice—JBJS Reviews, August 2014
The treatment of periprosthetic infection remains one of the most difficult and challenging problems in orthopaedic surgery. Conventional approaches such …
Age-Related Differences in Physician Lifestyles
A recent study by the AMA Insurance Agency of 125,000 practicing physicians spanning across a broad spectrum of specialties found …