By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
People 100 years old and older—centenarians—make up only 0.02% of the current US population. Nevertheless, the number of centenarians is expected to increase five-fold by 2060. That is in part what prompted Manoli III et al. to analyze a large New York State database to...
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
The estimated annual cost of surgical treatment for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures in the US is $2 billion. Are ACL surgery patients—and the health care system—getting significant value for all that money spent? In the May 3, 2017 issue of The Journal of Bone &...
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
In 2015, JBJS launched an“article exchange” collaboration with the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT) to support multidisciplinary integration, continuity of care, and excellent patient outcomes in orthopaedics and sports medicine. During the month of...
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
Shoulder surgery for complex conditions such as irreparably large rotator cuff tears has been revolutionized by the concept of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA). Improved design of rTSA implants by multiple manufacturers has resulted in excellent functional outcomes...
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
Spring and Summer 2017 are busy seasons for Own the Bone, the American Orthopaedic Association’s national post-fracture, systems-based, multidisciplinary fragility fracture prevention initiative: Webinar: Components of a Secondary Fracture Prevention Program – May 4 On Thursday,...
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
An estimated 40% of total costs from a total hip arthroplasty (THA) episode are accrued from post-discharge services. With that in mind, Austin et al. embarked on a randomized controlled trial comparing outcomes among two groups of primary THA patients: those who followed a...
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons
By OrthoBuzz for Surgeons 
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is a common and predominantly successful surgical intervention. But are there any specific preoperative patient characteristics or intraoperative surgical decisions that lead to better or worse outcomes? And can understanding brain...
By Editor-in-Chief 
This monumental volume, of which K. Mohan lyer is the editor, was written by several authors. It contains more than 500 pages and provides comprehensive cover of the hip joint in 15 broad chapters. After a rather brief embryological and anatomical description, the author studies...
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