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Chicago Comprehensive Hip Fellowship 2018-19
- Category: Fellowship
Fellows will be trained in all aspects of hip surgery, providing a unique foundation for a future comprehensive hip surgeon. Training will focus heavily on hip arthroscopy and open hip preservation.
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Temporary Weight-Bearing Injuries and the Danger of Crutches
- Category: Viewpoints
Treating a patient for a foot or leg injury? Being unable to bear weight due to a sprained or broken ankle, foot injury, knee or lower leg issue, or because a patient is recovering from surgery, often requires a prescription for crutches from the doctor. An estimated 7+ million people use crutches every year for short and longer term mobility issues, making them one of, if not the most, prescribed orthotic aid. Rates of crutch injuries aren’t well quantified, but a 2014 systematic literature review revealed that over 70% of crutch complications develop from the use of axillary crutches.
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Distal femoral angle linked to loss of quadriceps strength after TKA
- Category: Editors Choice
Data from a study published in the September issue of The Journal of Arthroplasty suggest that distal femoral angle (DFA) may be linked to reductions in quadriceps strength following total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
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Approximately 6 percent of primary lumbar diskectomy patients undergo revision at 7 years
- Category: Editors Choice
A study published online in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research examines rates for revision diskectomy. The researchers reviewed data on 7,520 primary lumbar diskectomy patients from two national insurance databases in the United States.
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Can risk stratification be a universal language?
- Category: Editors Choice
A study published online in the journal Spine comparing predictors of surgical site infection (SSI) and hospital readmission after lumbar fusion in the United States, Denmark, and Japan found that these predictors vary between the three countries, suggesting that risk stratification models may need to be population specific or adjusted.
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Factors Associated with Adverse Events in Inpatient Elective Spine, Knee, and Hip Orthopaedic Surgery
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A study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery identified risk factors for adverse events associated with orthopaedic surgeries as captured within a common clinical point-of-care system for documenting adverse events.
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Targeting cellular senescence prevents age-related bone loss in mice
- Category: Editors Choice
A mouse study published online in Nature Medicine investigating the role of sensescent cells in age-related bone loss found that in aged mice, treatment with senolytic drugs (dasatinib and quercetin) to eliminate sensecent cells resulted in higher bone mass and strength and better bone microarchitecture than in mice treated by genetic vehicle.
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Liposomal bupivacaine provides good pain control in shoulder arthroplasty
- Category: Editors Choice
A study comparing outcomes with the use of liposomal bupivacaine (LB) versus continuous interscalene nerve block (CISB) in patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty found that the LB patients experienced excellent postoperative pain relief with fewer complications and at a lower cost than the CISB group.
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The ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator Has a Role in Predicting Discharge to Post-Acute Care in Total Joint Arthroplasty
- Category: Editors Choice
A study evaluating the Surgical Risk Tool Calculator, the online tool of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP), found that for total joint arthroplasty procedures, the tool is an adequate predictor of discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or rehabilitation but has limited usefulness for adverse events of 90-day readmission, return to operating room, deep vein thrombosis, and prosthetic joint infection.
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FAI features linked to radiographic findings consistent with early OA in young athletes
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A study published online in The American Journal of Sports Medicine examines physiological changes over a 5-year period for athletes aged 12 to 18 years with asymptomatic limited range of motion (LROM) of the hip.
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