Metformin Protective Against Joint Replacement in Type 2 Diabetes Daily users saw lower risks for total knee, hip replacements Dec 19, 2022
Ultrasound-Guided Saline Hydrodissection Promising for Carpal Tunnel Small study shows persistent benefit versus steroid injection alone Dec 01, 2022
Common Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis May Be Harmful Steroids and NSAIDs reduced pain but not disease course, studies showed Nov 30, 2022
Spinal Cord Stimulators for Chronic Pain May Not Live Up to the Hype Retrospective study finds no reduction in opioid use vs conventional medical management Nov 28, 2022
Spine Surgeon Explains Carson Daly's Back Surgery The television host recently underwent an ALIF procedure after suffering back pain for decades Nov 17, 2022
Bone Drug Reverses Damage in Hand Osteoarthritis Provocative findings with denosumab, but don't reach for the prescription pad just yet Nov 15, 2022
Two Surgery Types Yield Similar Results in Advanced Ankle Osteoarthritis Similar clinical scores with either total ankle replacement or fusion surgery, trial shows Nov 14, 2022
Want a Few Weeks of Knee Pain Relief? Try This Local nerve block proves mettle in randomized trial, though benefit didn't last long Nov 12, 2022
Outpatient Centers Cautiously Open Doors to Surgery for People With Cardiac Devices Will those with CIEDs become regular patients at ambulatory surgery centers within a decade? Oct 25, 2022
Appointment Wait Times Continue to Rise Amid Concerns of Physician Shortages New survey finds that wait times increased by 8% across four specialties since 2017 Sep 16, 2022
One-Two Punch of Romosozumab, Denosumab Improved BMD and Reduced Fractures Taking the bone-forming agent followed by the antiresorptive was better than denosumab alone Sep 13, 2022
Surgeon Gets 7 Years for Unnecessary X-Rays; Agency in Chaos Over Trans Health Cases This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 07, 2022
Earliest Evidence of Surgery Found in Stone Age Amputation Signs of successful amputation in a child who lived over 31,000 years ago Sep 07, 2022
Stronger Antiplatelet Better for VTE Prophylaxis After Joint Replacement Trial shows enoxaparin superiority as sole prophylaxis, but based largely on below-the-knee DVT Aug 23, 2022
Universal Hip Screening in Babies Associated With Overtreatment Late detection of hip dysplasia and need for surgery not helped by universal screening Aug 18, 2022
Falls From Higher Border Walls Overwhelm Trauma Services San Diego surgeons blame higher walls for 1,000% rise in admissions, more severe injuries, deaths Aug 16, 2022
Texas Spine Surgeon Defends Himself Against 'Dr. Death' Comparisons Named in a malpractice suit, Anil Kesani, MD, fights negative media attention Aug 08, 2022
Does Spinal Fusion Reduce Revision Surgeries in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis? Revision surgery rates similar between those who underwent decompression with and without fusion Jul 27, 2022
High Demand for Specialty Physicians Spurs Salary Bump: Report Orthopedic surgeons topped the list Jul 18, 2022
Surgery After TAVR: Waiting a Month or More Not Really Better Prosthesis-patient mismatch, paravalvular regurgitation the bigger issues for surgical candidates Jul 08, 2022
What Happens When Surgeons Screw Up? YouTuber and physician Antonio Webb, MD, explains what happens when surgeons make mistakes Jul 08, 2022
Lubricant Shots for Knee OA: No, They Really Don't Help Meta-analysis of hyaluronic acid trials throws serious shade on common practice Jul 06, 2022
What a Lifetime of Gaslighting by Other Doctors Feels Like Bridging the divide between patient and doctor Jul 05, 2022
HCA Healthcare Facing More Litigation, This Time in Florida The health system is also fighting antitrust cases in North Carolina Jun 24, 2022
Guideline: Timing Is Everything for RA and Lupus Patients Needing Joint Replacement New advice on which antirheumatic meds to continue and which to stop before surgery Jun 21, 2022
Could an Available Drug Stop Dupuytren's in Its Tracks? Phase II trial shows promise in early-stage disease May 03, 2022
What's It Like to Be a Traveling Orthopedic Surgeon? Locums orthopod Sonya Sloan, MD, talks pay, lifestyle choices and operating while pregnant Apr 29, 2022
Achilles' Tendon Rupture Surgery Not So Necessary? Randomized trial suggests one advantage despite similar outcomes to nonoperative treatment Apr 13, 2022
Meet This Year's Healthcare Billionaires HCA founder and Cook Group medical device developer make 2022 list of Forbes Billionaires Apr 12, 2022
Extra Warming Efforts in Surgery Turn Out to Be Hot Air PROTECT trial finds targeting body temperatures a few degrees higher is unnecessary Apr 04, 2022
Tranexamic Acid Cuts Surgical Bleeding in Yet Another Setting But POISE-3 trial leaves open the question of cardiovascular safety Apr 02, 2022
'It's an Alien Knee in There': Mixed Feelings After Joint Replacement Study highlights common, but rarely discussed, problem Mar 28, 2022
Cannabis Linked to Less Opioid Use in Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Usage fell by almost 40% in 6 months, although it's not clear if medical pot was the reason Mar 26, 2022
Mental Illness in Amputees Linked to Phantom Limb Syndrome However, causal link is unclear Mar 24, 2022
Legacy of the 'Ortho Bro': Gender Diversity Still Lacking in Orthopedic Med Ed Fewer than one in five orthopedic applicants and residents are women, study finds Mar 23, 2022
Take Trauma Call With Me 19 surgeries in 1 week with orthopedic surgeon Antonio Webb, MD Mar 22, 2022
Reassurance on Steroid Shots for Knee OA Study counters fears that injections worsen underlying pathology Mar 17, 2022
Doctor Sued Over Stem Cell Treatments Clinic made almost $750K from treatments with no evidence behind them Mar 17, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
Concussions Linked to Mental Health Issues in Kids Higher risks of self-harm and psychiatric hospitalization seen vs orthopedic injury Mar 07, 2022
