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Extremities
Arm pain and fatigue common among young baseball players
Makhni EC, et al. Am J Sports Med. 2015;doi:10.1177/0363546514555506. In a recently published study, most young baseball players were found to experience…
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Extremities
A look to the future: Teaching the next generation of orthopedic surgeons
Orthopedic residency programs are currently producing a group of orthopedic surgeons unlike any other. Today’s residents rely less on the…
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Biologics
A discussion on the role of biologics in orthopedics
PHILADELPHIA — At the Impact of Sports 2014 Summit, Nicola Maffulli, MD, MS, PhD, FRCS(Orth), offers his insight on the…
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Recon
Hip resurfacing implant offers lower revision, complication rates for hip arthritis
Su EP. J Arthroplasty. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2014.03.021. Use of hip resurfacing arthroplasty for the treatment of hip arthritis in younger patients demonstrated…
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Recon
Similar failure rates found with short, long cephalomedullary implants
Kleweno C. J Orthop Trauma. 2014. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000000036. August 5, 2014 Short and long nails exhibited similar treatment failure rates when contemporary cephalomedullary…
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Recon
Revision, reoperation risks higher with unicompartmental knee replacement
Compared with patients who underwent total knee replacement, patients who underwent unicompartmental knee replacement experienced a significantly higher risk of…
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Extremities
Targeted teaching improves junior doctors’ management of fractures
The addition of training focused on fracture reduction and molding technique to orthopedic juniors’ induction teaching or as a separate…
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Recon
High flexion TKA design achieved additional intraoperative flexion
Lutzner J. J Arthroplasty. 2014. doi:10.1016/j.arth.2013.09.046. Use of a cruciate-retaining high-flexion design for total knee arthroplasty achieved a small amount of…
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Spine
Orthopaedic surgeons face challenges treating bone metastasis in long bones spine
Depending on their practice and specialization area, some orthopaedists need to be “sometimes” oncologists when they are responsible for bone…
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Recon
Periprosthetic infections after TKA increased hospital stay, costs
Periprosthetic infections following total knee arthroplasty increased readmission rates, mean hospitalization period and episode cost, representing a tremendous economic burden…
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Study: THA found superior to internal fixation for femoral neck fracture
At a minimum 15-year follow-up, researchers of this study discovered a lower failure rate among lucid patients with a displaced…
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