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Knee Need to Know Pain Management

JBJS Webinar: Managing Knee-Arthritis Pain Before and After Surgery

November 30, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Early on, patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) often get sufficient pain relief with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. But as the condition progresses, many opt for knee

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Hand and Wrist Need to Know

JBJS/JOSPT Webinar: Basilar Thumb Arthritis—October 13, 1:30 PM EDT

September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Thumbs account for approximately 40% of human hand function, playing a critical role during work, play, and activities of daily living.  Arthritis at the base

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Knee Need to Know

Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Treatment of Advanced Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Utilization and Cost in a National Population Sample

September 16, 2016September 27, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

There is a rise in knee osteoarthritis, particularly in the aging U.S. population. A practice known as hyaluronic acid (HA) injections is used for the treatment

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Need to Know

Methotrexate for Knee OA?

June 27, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Maybe—but only if larger, longer-term studies replicate the findings from a randomized trial of 144 patients (mean age = 66 years) published recently in the

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Need to Know

Single-Shot HA vs Steroid: Similar Outcomes at 6 Months

June 7, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Orthopaedists frequently treat knee osteoarthritis with hyaluronic acid (HA) or corticosteroid injections, but which works better? The 99 patients in a double-blinded randomized controlled trial

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2016 Marks IASP’s Global Year Against Joint Pain

January 19, 2016 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) recently launched its 2016 “Global Year Against Pain in the Joints.” In addition to disseminating clinical

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Need to Know

X-rays Miss Many Cases of Hip Osteoarthritis

December 28, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

It’s a good thing orthopaedists don’t rely solely on X-rays to diagnose hip osteoarthritis (OA), because an analysis of data from two large cohort studies

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TKA Decisions Must Align with Patient Preferences and Values

October 26, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

It’s a generally accepted “fact” that total knee arthroplasty (TKA) ranks among the most significant modern medical advancements. But the October 22, 2015 NEJM published

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Need to Know

Knee Arthroscopy for Pain: Do Harms Overshadow Benefits?

June 23, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Surgeons in the US perform more than 700,000 knee arthroscopies annually, but a recent BMJ systematic review/meta-analysis suggests that the pain-relief efficacy of those procedures

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

NSAIDs and Acetaminophen Barely Effective for OA, Back Pain

April 3, 2015April 3, 2015 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Many orthopaedists and primary care clinicians recommend acetaminophen or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) as a first-line approach for patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or back pain.

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