Reuters reports that the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has voted to increase shift hour limits for first-year residents from 16 to 24 hours, with a limit of 80 hours wor...

A study published online in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research examines trends in medical liability claims related to anesthesia in nonspine orthopaedic surgery.

A report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) projects that about 23 percent of adults in the United States have some form of arthritis.

According to a study published online in the journal Annals of Surgery, dissemination of operation-specific guidelines for opioid prescribing to surgeons may be linked to a reduction in the number of...

Findings from a study published online in The Journal of Arthroplasty suggest that débridement, antibiotics, irrigation, and implant retention (DAIR) may be an option for treatment of hip periprosthet...

According to a study in the March 1 JBJS , active range of abduction may only partially correlate with patients’ self-assessed function of osteoarthritic shoulders. The researchers analyzed the relati...

Findings from a survey published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggest that a small minority of the general public is aware of the practice of overlapping surgery, and most...

A research letter published in the Feb. 28 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA ) finds that some hospitals may charge private insurers double the typical cost for knee and...

Data from a study published online in the Journal of Internal Medicine suggest that hip fracture may be associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality in both the short- and longer-term.

A recommendation published in the journal The BMJ recommends against the use of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) to help speed fracture healing.