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JBJS-A is an AAOS Member benefit for AAOS Fellows. Please login to the OrthoPortal using the link in the top right of this page to access all volumes of JBJS-A since 1960. Non AAOS Members may access the JBJS-A online directly on the www.jbjs.org web site via individual or...
JBJS-A is an AAOS Member benefit for AAOS Fellows. Please login to the OrthoPortal using the link in the top right of this page to access all volumes of JBJS-A since 1960. Non AAOS Members may access the JBJS-A online directly on the www.jbjs.org web site via individual or...
BACKGROUND: Descriptive epidemiology of total joint replacement procedures is limited to annual procedure volumes (incidence). The prevalence of the growing number of individuals living with a total hip or total knee replacement is currently unknown. Our objective was to...
BACKGROUND: Long bone nonunions have an important impact on a patient's quality of life. The purpose of this study was to compare long bone nonunions with use of the Time Trade-Off direct measure to compute utility scores and to determine which nonunion anatomic location had the...
BACKGROUND: The tibial tuberosity-trochlear groove distance is used as an indicator for medial tibial tubercle transfer; however, to our knowledge, no studies have verified whether this distance is strongly affected by tubercle lateralization at the proximal part of the tibia....
JBJS-A is an AAOS Member benefit for AAOS Fellows. Please login to the OrthoPortal using the link in the top right of this page to access all volumes of JBJS-A since 1960. Non AAOS Members may access the JBJS-A online directly on the www.jbjs.org web site via individual or...
JBJS-A is an AAOS Member benefit for AAOS Fellows. Please login to the OrthoPortal using the link in the top right of this page to access all volumes of JBJS-A since 1960. Non AAOS Members may access the JBJS-A online directly on the www.jbjs.org web site via individual or...
BACKGROUND: Circular external fixation for limb-lengthening is associated with frequent and numerous complications. Intramedullary lengthening devices represent a potential advance in limb-lengthening. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of femoral lengthening...
BACKGROUND: Metastatic spinal cord compression is a disastrous consequence of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There have been few studies of the outcomes or prognostic factors in patients with metastatic spinal cord compression from NSCLC treated with surgery and adjuvant...