Orthopedics
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Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women
About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.
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Presurgical expectations may influence patients’ attitudes, experiences after knee replacement
It may be worthwhile to discuss patients’ expectations about what they will be able to do with their knees postoperatively, but it’s unclear...
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Marathon running does not increase arthritis risk: Survey
For those runners who had undergone knee or hip surgery or had a previous hip or knee injury that prevented running, the likelihood of having...
Guidelines
Guidelines: Don’t delay total joint arthroplasty for additional nonoperative therapies
The guidelines also state that obesity alone should not be a reason to delay surgery.
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High school athletes sustaining worse injuries
Although overall injury rates have declined, the number of head and neck injuries increased, as did injuries requiring surgery and those leading...
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Expert offers caveats to perioperative antirheumatic drug guideline
Experts say the 2022 ACR/AAHKS guideline on perioperative management of antirheumatic medications in total hip and total knee arthroplasty have a...
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Joint replacements: Should there be BMI cutoffs?
Patients with a high BMI are at a greater risk for complications during and after surgery, but some experts argue that strict BMI cutoffs are...
From the Journals
Total replacement and fusion yield similar outcomes for ankle osteoarthritis
A subgroup analysis suggests some advantage of total ankle replacement over ankle fusion in patients with osteoarthritis in adjacent joints.
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How to prevent a feared complication after joint replacement
Prioritizing bone health before and after knee or hip arthroplasty may help patients avoid periprosthetic fractures.
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Jury decides against hospital and surgeon who died by suicide
The surgery allegedly failed to fully repair Cox’s left ankle, which led to the professional football player’s early retirement.
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New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...