Heated Tobacco Products and Impact on Bone Healing
An extensive body of clinical and basic science research has confirmed that cigarette smoking negatively impacts bone healing. Newer products, …
Proximal Humeral Fractures: More Data on Nonunion Risk
Proximal humeral fractures tend to occur in a bimodal distribution, namely, in younger, primarily male patients and in older (>65 …
Less Drinking/Smoking Associated with Fewer Hip Fractures
OrthoBuzz occasionally receives posts from guest bloggers. This guest post comes from Shahriar Rahman, MS in response to a recent …
Predicting ‘Fast,’ ‘Slow Starters’ and ‘Late Dippers’ after THA
Based on ample published data and experience, today’s hip surgeons can give patients who are considering total hip arthroplasty (THA) …
Smoking, Depression Adversely Affect Outcomes after TAA
After some relatively poor results in the 1980s, there was a “reboot” with total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) in the late …
Smoking Boosts Rate of Reoperation for Infection after TJA
Here’s one thing about which medical studies have been nearly unanimous: Smoking is a health hazard by any measure. In …
Fibrin No Friend of Fracture Repair
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have concluded that fibrin, a protein involved in blood clotting and found abundantly around …
Stop Smoking Before Joint Replacement—But for How Long?
The July 1, 2015 JBJS contains a database-driven analysis by Duchman et al. of more than 78,000 patients who …