What's the Best Way to Treat Femur Breaks From Bone Metastases? No difference in outcomes between long-stem hemiarthroplasty and intramedullary nailing Oct 10, 2021
Pediatric Sarcoma Patients Face Late Amputation Risk Decades Later Study finds about 18% required amputation long after initial limb salvage surgery Oct 09, 2021
Take Sarcoma Research Based on Registry Data With a Grain of Salt Many studies using SEER/NCDB registries often generated disparate outcomes Oct 08, 2021
No Benefit for Longer-Duration Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Limb Salvage Surgical site infections similar versus shorter-duration prophylactic IV regimen Oct 08, 2021
Antibiotic Could Thwart Costly Sarcoma Surgery Complication Benefit seen for adding "anaerobic coverage" to standard perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis Oct 07, 2021
Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility Sep 09, 2021
The Pill Linked to Higher Risk of Blood Clots After Knee Surgery Obesity and smoking added to risk Sep 07, 2021
Survey: Two-thirds of Female Orthopedic Trainees Report Sexual Harassment Male attendings and residents groped, insulted, and humiliated residents, researchers report Sep 05, 2021
Paralympian Superstar Swimmer's Fibular Hemimelia A look at gold medalist Jessica Long's condition Sep 01, 2021
Urine Tests Before Surgery Blasted as Mostly Unnecessary Abundance of caution is way overdone, researchers suggest Aug 02, 2021
Doctors Among the Missing in Surfside Condo Collapse Brothers Brad and Gary Cohen were visiting their elderly parents; newlywed couple also missing Jul 07, 2021
Subsys Doc Gets 5 Years; Docs Take Billions From Device Makers; Child Abuse Law This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 23, 2021
Does Grandma Need Surgery for That Broken Wrist? Randomized trial findings should help in decision-making Jun 18, 2021
Bone Density Scans and Cardiovascular Disease: Two Birds, One Stone? DXA scans may improve atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk-stratification for women May 06, 2021
Neurosurgeon Settles Kickback, Unnecessary Spine Surgery Charges Allegedly performed unnecessary procedures with spine devices, got kickbacks from Medtronic May 05, 2021
Report: Worst Hospitals for Unnecessary Procedures Lown Institute says report is the first to name hospitals with high rates of overuse May 04, 2021
Negligent Credentialing Suit in Iowa Could Affect Hospitals Everywhere State Supreme Court hears potential bellwether case next week Feb 09, 2021
FDA OK's First-Ever Synthetic Implant for ACL Tears Bioresorbable device fills gap between torn ligament ends Dec 16, 2020
Gene Therapy Stops Bleeding in Hemophilia Single injection had durable effectiveness, study showed Dec 08, 2020
Bone Marrow Improves Healing With ACL Grafts MRI confirms better outcomes than with allograft alone in randomized study Dec 04, 2020
Non-Cardiac Surgery Poses 'Sobering' Risks for People With LVADs MACE rate reached as high as 16.9% after some procedures Nov 12, 2020
Stress Tests: A Waning Practice Before Knee, Hip Replacement Yet one surprising group actually saw an increase Sep 30, 2020
These Forbes 400 Billionaires Made Their Fortunes in Healthcare 14 individuals, $66 billion in combined net worth Sep 24, 2020
No Rise in Fracture Risk With SGLT2 Inhibition Weight change in type 2 diabetes on these drugs did not increase risk of osteoporotic fractures Sep 15, 2020
Bisphosphonates and Atypical Fractures: Duration Matters Relative risks of femoral fractures high, but absolute risks low Sep 14, 2020
Florida Surgeon Tries Again With Whistleblower Suit Against Hospital Seeks damages after dismissal, allegedly for refusing to keep all referrals in-network Sep 10, 2020
Falls Blamed for Pain Relief Device Failure Damage found while testing after patient complains of pain recurrence Sep 08, 2020
Joint Effusion Protective in Hand OA Unlike synovitis, which was linked with both pain and progression Sep 03, 2020
Al Roker's Shoulder Replacement "Today" co-host and weatherman battles osteoarthritis pain Aug 25, 2020
Is the Medicare 'Inpatient Only' List History? "Drastic" changes in CMS proposed rule worry surgeons: outpatient amputation is "kind of crazy" Aug 13, 2020
Few Risks for Sjogren's Patients With Joint Surgery Transfusion rates raised but no increase for infection, revision, or mortality Jul 30, 2020
Muscle Relaxer Rx Doubled Over 12-Year Span Spike in prescriptions among older adults particularly concerning, researchers note Jun 24, 2020
Why These Athletes Went Ahead With Their Elective Surgeries Sports medicine physicians weigh in on special treatment Apr 22, 2020
IL-17A/F Inhibitor a Winner in Spine Disease Targeting both cytokines had rapid, sustained benefits in ankylosing spondylitis Apr 09, 2020
Tanezumab: A Win as Last-Ditch Osteoarthritis Tx Modest pain reduction seen in patients with no other drug options Apr 03, 2020
First 'Single Match' Pushes Residency Placements to New Record Finally a unified Match Day for DO and MD grads Mar 20, 2020
