“Adequate” Amount of Graft Boosts Success in Foot/Ankle Fusion
A therapeutic Level II study by DiGiovanni et al. in the August 3, 2016 edition of The Journal of …
Positive Culture at Reimplantation in 2-Stage Exchange Arthroplasty Warrants Aggressive Treatment
Many orthopaedists order cultures of tissue and synovial fluid samples during the reimplantation phase of two-stage exchange arthroplasties. Now, thanks …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: Arthroscopic Progress in Limiting Tissue Damage
During the last two decades, we have made tremendous progress in orthopaedic surgery in terms of limiting the negative impact …
Novel Ratio Can Help Screen for Developmental Cervical Stenosis
Developmental cervical stenosis is usually asymptomatic in adults until an acute injury or degenerative soft-tissue abnormalities cause nerve compression and …
JBJS Reviews Editor’s Choice–Team Approach to Diabetic Foot Ulcers
One of the newest features from JBJS Reviews is the “Team Approach” article. Team Approach articles highlight the individual and …
“Smart” Implant Coating Delivers Antibiotics in Presence of Bacteria
Despite advances in sterile techniques and evidence-based use of perioperative antibiotics, periprosthetic joint infections still occur in 1% of primary …
JBJS Case Connections—Wrong-Way Wrist Bones
The ability of the small and complexly connected wrist bones to function properly supports everything from activities of daily living …
JBJS Editor’s Choice: The Harder They Fall
In the July 20, 2016 issue of The Journal, Louer et al. detail the association between distal radial …
ACL Surgery Trends, 2007 to 2014
In a population-based epidemiological study published in the July 6, 2016 Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Tibor et …