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 …
Increasing Orthopaedic Subspecialization: Cause for Celebration or Alarm?
In th
e May 20, 2015 edition of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Horst et al. …
Psychological Distress Lowers Patient Satisfaction Scores
The main goal of orthopaedic surgeons is to help patients feel and function as well as possible. In that context, …
JBJS Classics: The Role of Continuous Passive Motion in Orthopaedics
Each
month during the coming year, OrthoBuzz will bring you a current commentary on a “classic” article from The Journal …
What’s New in Sports Medicine: Level I and II Studies
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature …
Protecting Surgeons’ Hands from Radiation during Fluoroscopy
The In
ternational Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) currently recommends a maximum of 50 rem (500 millisieverts, or mSv) of …
Short-Term Benefit from Electrical Stimulation after Rotator Cuff Repair
Ask anyone who has had rotator cuff surgery, and they’ll tell you how painful the first three postop months can …
3D Printing Moves from Metal to “Real” Bone
OrthoBuzz has reported previously on the 3D printing of implantable skeletal structures (click here for an example), but …