Elizabeth Hofheinz
Elizabeth Hofheinz
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Extremities
Which Subspecialty Has Highest Percentage of Level I and II Studies? Read on…
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. While level of evidence (LOE) is now a widely used measure, until now, there has been…
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Recon
Apples-to-Apples Comparison Challenging: Reverse TSA or ORIF in Proximal Humerus Fractures
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Citing a need for more rigorous research as to the real utility of arthroplasty in treating…
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Recon
Bilateral Shoulder Arthroplasty: Men With OA More Likely to Request Second Shoulder Arthroplasty Within One Year
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In a retrospective review of 332 patients who underwent bilateral anatomic (TSA) or reverse (RSA) shoulder…
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Regulatory
1,000 Orthopedic Procedures, 61% of Opioids Unused…But There is an Upside
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. New work from the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania has determined that…
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Recon
Sports Medicine Fellows’ Exposure to Hip Arthroscopy All Over the Map?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Do your sports medicine fellows have sufficient exposure to anterior shoulder dislocation, but don’t do many…
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Spine
AI Gaining on Humans (Surgeons), New Study Suggests
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Indicating the time and potential error involved in manually measuring saggital alignment, researchers from the Departments…
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Extremities
Sad, Distressed Patients’ Misperceptions Can Affect Their Relationship with Pain
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. While pain is most likely not “all in your head,” how you perceive that pain in…
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Recon
The Bigger the OR, the More Chance for an SSI?!
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A new retrospective review including data on 11,163 patients has found that the size of the…
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Extremities
Plumbers’ Advantage Over Orthopedic Surgeons: THEIR Pay Isn’t Declining
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. You would think with all of the stress due to amped up regulations and complexity in…
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Sports Medicine
Push Rotator Cuff Tear Patients a Little Postop?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Once a patient with a traumatic full-thickness rotator cuff (RC) tear leaves the OR, little is…
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Recon
Avoid Cardiac Complications, Renal complications, and More in TSA: Look Out for Anemia
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A team of researchers from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, and the…
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Extremities
Duke Study: Depression Affects Total Ankle Outcomes
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Successful surgery=happy patient, right? This “equation” is thrown off when it comes to depressed people who…
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Recon
Leg Pain After TKA Using Computer- or Robotic Assisted Navigation? It May be a Pin-Related Fracture
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. There is a rare and mostly uninvestigated issue of periprosthetic fractures through tracking pin sites while…
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Hospitals
First Training Simulation Study to Cross Orthopedic Sub-Specialties—and Institutions
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. The original meaning of “simulate” was “feign, pretend, assume falsely.”1 One assumes, however, that the word…
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Recon
Alpha-Defensin Test Shines in New Study
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. A new study in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has undertaken an effort to…
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