Editors' Choice articles & Announcements from the Orthogate Team.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published in the March 13 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association examines healthcare spending and suggests that prices of labor and goods, as well as administrative costs may be the major drivers of a difference in overall cost between the United States and other high-income countries.
By Editor-in-Chief Findings from a study published online in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research suggest that triamcinolone injection of the knee may be linked to an increase in intraocular pressure.
By Editor-in-Chief Findings presented at the Specialty Day meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine suggest that cortisone injections within six months prior to rotator cuff repair may be linked in increased risk of revision surgery.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published online in the journal JAMA Surgery offers evidence to validate a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure for patients who undergo lumbar spine surgery.
By Editor-in-Chief An article published online in AAOS Now summarizes an AAOS symposium on "Optimizing Clinical Use of Biologics in Orthopaedic Surgery," which was held Feb. 15-17, 2018.
By Editor-in-Chief Patients are often prescribed more opioids than they need following orthopaedic foot and ankle procedures, opening up the potential for diversion, according to Paper 327, which was presented yesterday at the AAOS Annual Meeting.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published online in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that opioids may not be superior to nonopioid medications for moderate to severe chronic back pain or hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain.
By Editor-in-Chief Findings from a study published online in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research suggest that surgeons should consider certain pain-related responses when assessing patients prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA).
By Editor-in-Chief A study published online in The American Journal of Sports Medicine examines long-term outcomes for surgical and nonsurgical treatment approaches to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture in high-level athletes.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published online in The American Journal of Sports Medicine suggests that lower preoperative Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) and SF-36 scores may be linked to increased risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.
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