Platelet-Rich Plasma Goes Another RoundÂ
This guest post comes from David Vizurraga, MD in response to a study in JAMA investigating platelet-rich plasma vs. placebo …
What’s New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation 2021
Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies from the orthopaedic literature during the previous …
BMI Differentially Moderates Heritability of THA and TKA for Osteoarthritis
Genetic susceptibility to orthopaedic conditions is of interest to clinicians and patients alike. While the link between genetics and certain …
Contralateral Limb Function Before THA: An Indicator of Postop Gait SpeedÂ
In a prospective case-control study reported in JBJS, Ohmori et al. evaluated factors related to postoperative gait speed in patients …
What’s New in Musculoskeletal Basic Science 2020
Every month, JBJS publishes a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the …
Preop X-Rays Don’t Predict TKA Patient-Reported Outcomes
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from David Vizurraga, MD in response to a recent …
Osteoarthritis Progression: Our Current Understanding
This post comes from Fred Nelson, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in the Department of Orthopedics at Henry Ford Hospital and …
Association ≠Causation: Are Steroid Injections for OA Risky?
A recent report in Radiology citing possible complications from injecting steroids into painful joints with osteoarthritis (OA) has received lots …
Let’s Continue Improving Hip-Implant Longevity
In October 2017, JBJS published results from a 10-year randomized controlled trial by Devane et al. documenting the dramatic …