A survey published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that a majority of surgical residents may prefer to work under flexible duty hour policies compared to standard po...

Findings from a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery suggest that, in an ambulatory setting, the practice of overlapping surgery may not be associated with increased complication rat...

A study published online in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research suggests that many readmissions following total hip arthroplasty (THA) may not be preventable.

The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) has released its 2016 Annual Report on hip and knee arthroplasty data.

Findings published online in the journal Pediatrics suggest that state-level rules may offer only vague legal guidance regarding student reintegration into school following concussion. The researchers...

A study of patients undergoing single-level lumbar spine surgery found that those who received liposomal bupivacaine (LB) following surgery required narcotic pain medication for a significantly decrea...

Since passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many Republican lawmakers have campaigned on a platform that includes repeal of that legislation. Combined with continued control by Republicans of both...

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has proposed revisions to its rules for residency and fellowship programs that, among other things, include the removal of a requiremen...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a set of guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI). The guidelines include 29 recommendations based on 26 reviews of recent evidenc...

Findings published in the December issue of the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research suggest that bundled payments may be a viable reimbursement model for revision total joint arthroplas...