CMS to Ease ICD-10 Rules for First 12 Months
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that it will not deny claims from providers during …
What’s New in Foot and Ankle Surgery: 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 …
Arthroscopy Helps FAI, Despite Preop Femoral Retroversion
The April 1, 2015 JBJS features a level II prognostic study that analyzes registry data from 243 patients (mean age: …
Anesthesia for Hip Replacement: General vs Spinal
A large retrospective cohort study analyzing nearly 21,000 patients who underwent primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) found that the 61% …
Message to Postmenopausal Women with Mild Knee OA: Jump!
A randomized study of 80 postmenopausal women with mild knee osteoarthritis found that those assigned to a supervised progressive-impact exercise …
Two New “Solutions” to Prickly Orthopaedic Problems
A study on rat knees in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage suggests that irrigating joints with hyperosmotic saline (600 mOsm) reduced surgically …
JBJS Editor’s Choice—Knee Fusion: Not a Safety Net after Infection-Related TKA Failures
In the February 18, 2015 issue of The Journal, Rohner et al. report their experience with knee arthrodesis …
Three New Knee Studies Yield Interesting Results
We stumbled upon three recent studies of knee osteoarthritis (OA) that shed interesting new light on a condition that all …
Nonoperative Treatment of Type I Open Fractures in Kids Can Be Effective and Safe
When most laypeople—and perhaps some orthopaedists—see a child with a fractured arm or leg bone poking through a skin wound, …