Recommendations of the International Consensus Group on VTE Now Available
JBJS is pleased to announce that the “Recommendations of the International Consensus Group on Venous Thromboembolism After Orthopaedic Procedures…
Patients as Teachers: Surgeons as Students
In the July 1, 2020 issue of The Journal, Dr. C. McCollister Evarts, writes an illuminating “What’s Important” …
Risk of Repeat Complications after Staged Bilateral TKA
Sometimes the findings of well-designed orthopaedic studies are unexpected and counterintuitive—and sometimes they are not. In the latter category are …
Preventing VTE in Below-the-Knee Surgery
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) following hip fractures and hip/knee arthroplasty—both deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)—has been relatively well …
PE Prevention—There’s an App for That
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Matthew Herring, MD in response to a recent …
Tranexamic Acid: Effective—and Safe—in THA
Prior research has established that total hip arthroplasty (THA), in and of itself, is associated with a small increased risk …
New Level-I Data on TKA Blood Conservation
Minimizing perioperative blood loss during total knee arthroplasty (TKA) helps curtail the risks and costs of allogeneic blood transfusions. Currently, …
JBJS Editor’s Choice—VTE Risk with Metastatic Skeletal Lesions: Fix Prophylactically or Not?
In the February 15, 2017 issue of The Journal, Aneja et al. utilize a large administrative database to …