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AAOS Launches New Orthopedic Research Award Program / Source: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Say goodbye to the Kappa Delta era and hello to OREA—the Orthopaedic Research Excellence Awards.
Hot bugs and smart machines / Source: Wikimedia Commons and David S. Goodsell If your idea of excitement involves synovial fluid, bacteria, and heat curves—today is your lucky day. A study published ...
For the middle-aged weekend warrior who tears their hamstring sprinting after a pickleball, the next big decision isn’t just which brace to wear—it’s whether to go under the knife. A new meta-analysis ...
We orthopedic surgeons love a good fix. Broken bones? Repaired. Torn tendons? Reconstructed. Missing limbs? Well, now we’re talking real challenges—the kind that require not just implants and ...
At Mount Sinai, orthopedic surgeons are doing something radical: they’re paying attention to osteoporosis. No, it’s not a setup for a joke—it’s the latest initiative from The Leni and Peter W. May ...
Get ready to clear some OR shelf space—Zimmer Biomet just went full Iron Man. In a move that could reshape the orthopedic robotics landscape (and possibly freak out a few surgical residents), Zimmer ...
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery has been in a pretty committed relationship with autografts for decades now. The bone-patellar tendon-bone (BPTB) graft has long reigned supreme as the gold ...
Can this COX-2 upstart ease the opioid burden after knee replacement surgery? In the never-ending quest to get total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients walking, flexing, and climbing stairs faster—with ...
Orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic clinics, legal service providers, and more are among the 47 defendants named in a lawsuit filed by insurance providers Roosevelt Road Re and Tradesman Program Managers ...
Let’s be honest—if you blink during a pediatric elbow trauma workup, you’ll miss it. Capitellar fractures in kids are rare creatures, lurking in less than 1% of pediatric elbow cases. But when they ...
In the old days, an incidental durotomy during lumbar spine surgery meant an automatic overnight stay—and maybe a few extra gray hairs for the surgeon. But new evidence suggests it’s time to break ...
Part reunion tour, part power play, the VBs are getting the band back together—Coflex®, CoFix® and Paradigm Spine. Not only buying back their greatest hits but also dropping a new album! Details here.