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  • Basic Science
    • General
      • Metal Allergy: How Do I Handle This Problem?
      • Fracture Classification: Should We Bother?
      • How Do I Decide About the Optimal Treatment?
      • Reconstruction of Paralysis Using Implanted Neuroprosthetics
      • Musculoskeletal Radiology Anatomy Review
      • Survivorship Vs. Satisfaction
      • Growth Plate Disorders that Affect the Physis
      • Bone Coupling Mechanisms
      • Health Care Demographics & Economics: Impact on Orthopedics
      • Postoperative Pain Management
    • Biomechanics
      • Polyethylene
      • Extending the Performance of Single Radius Design
      • Polyethylene Bearings: What Is Next?
      • “Getting Your Bearings”: Convergence of Clinical and Scientific Wisdom (Not Marketing)
      • Contemporary Hip Bearings: Doing Well? What Is Next?
      • Caveats With New Polyethylenes
    • Operating techniques
      • Nerve Physiology and Repair
      • Nerve Repair and Reconstructions: The Future
    • Pharmacology
      • Antibiotics and Their Mechanism of Action
    • Physiology
      • The Biology of Cancellous Bone Grafting and Bone Induction
      • Nerve Anatomy and Principles of Injury
    • Traumatology
      • Bone Injury
  • Elbow
    • General
      • Simple Elbow Dislocations
    • Operating techniques
      • Radiofrequency Microdebridement (Coblation) of Chronic Tennis Elbow
      • Triceps Reconstruction: A Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
      • Overview of Total Elbow Arthroplasty
    • Traumatology
      • Treatment of Distal Biceps Tendon Ruptures
      • Clinical Algorithm for Fractures/Dislocations of the Elbow
      • Supracondylar Humeral Fracture Approaches: Is Olecranon Osteotomy Needed?
      • Clinical Algorithm for Evaluation and Treatment of Fracture-Dislocations of the Elbow
      • The Stiff Elbow
  • Foot and Ankle
    • General
      • Atypical Ankle Injuries
      • Tendo Achilles Rupture Rehabilitation
      • Surgical Management of Midfoot Arthritis
      • Valgus Instability in Total Ankle Arthroplasty
      • Posterior Malleolus Fractures
      • Syndesmosis Injuries: Is There Anything New?
      • Conservative Care of the Foot and Ankle
      • Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures Evidence Based Medicine
      • What Is New With Ankle Fractures
    • Degenerative disease
      • Total Ankle Replacement
    • Neurological disease
      • Neuromuscular Disorders of the Foot and Ankle
    • Operating techniques
      • Hallux Valgus
      • Toenail Lecture
    • Traumatology
      • Calcaneus Fractures
      • Posttraumatic Reconstruction of the Foot and Ankle
      • Distal Tibial Pilon Fractures: Evaluation and Treatment
      • Ankle Fractures: Are We Fixing Too Many?
      • Compartment Syndromes of the Foot
  • Hand
    • General
      • Indications for ORIF and Review of Evidence in Treatment Options of Distal Radius Fractures
      • Metacarpal Fractures Excluding the Thumb
      • Treatment of Unstable and Displaced Proximal Phalangeal Fractures
      • Soft Tissue Complications of Distal Radius Fractures
      • Dupuytren’s Contracture
    • Operating techniques
      • Surgical Approcahes to the Distal Radius
      • Classification Systems for Distal Radius Fractures: How Useful Are They?
      • Distal Radius Malunion: When Does it Need to be Corrected?
      • Long-Term Results of Callus Distraction in the Hand and Upper Extremity
      • Custom Radial and Ulnar Head Prosthetic Replacement
      • Distal Radius Fractures: When Is a Plate Appropriate?
    • Pharmacology
      • Hyaluronidase in the Face of Thrombosis and DIC
    • Traumatology
      • Management of Distal Radius Fractures
      • DRUJ and Distal Radius Fractures
      • Current State: Repair and Rehab of Flexor Tendons
      • Outcomes Studies in Distal Radius Fractures
      • Does Every Distal Radius Need a Locked Plate?
      • Locked Plate for Fractures of the Distal Radius: the Treatment of Choice
      • Surgical Approaches for Distal Radius Fractures
      • Distal Radius Fractures
      • Proximal Phalangeal Fracture
      • Metacarpal Fractures
      • Distal Radius Malunions
  • Hip
    • General
      • Enduring Care of the Hip: Adolescent to Aged
      • Hip Resurfacing: 3rd Generation
      • Skeletal Remodeling and Adaptive Responses to Hip Implants
      • Pathological Fractures of the Hip
      • Hip Fractures in the Younger Patient
      • Why Do Modern Hips Fail?
      • Rationale and Indications for Intramedullary Hip Devices
      • Clincial Use of Concentrated Autologous Bone Marrow Asirate Transplation (CAMBAT) for Osteonecrosis of the Femoral head and Bone Nonunion
      • Results of Total Hip Arthroplasties in the Patients with High Dislocation of the Hip After Childhood Pyogenic Arthritis
      • Hip Resurfacing
      • Bearing Surfaces: The Role for Cross-linked Polyethylene
      • Crosslinked Polyethylene
      • DVT Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty
      • Revision Total Hip Replacement
      • Hip Resurfacing
      • Impingement in Total Hip Arthroplasty—Can Computer Navigation Help?
      • Computerized Navigation and MIS THA
      • Acetabular Revision with Bone Impaction Grafting
      • MIS THA: Techniques and Tips - Direct Anterior Approach
      • Peritrochanteric Fractures: Where We Are Now, Where Are We Going?
      • Femoral Neck Fractures: Where Are We Now, Where Are We Going?
      • Identifying the High-Performance Patient
      • Lessons Learned About Rehabilitation From Instrumented Hip and Knee Prostheses
      • Metal-on-Metal Bearings: Will They Extend the Life of THA?
      • Screw Fixation in Femoral Neck
      • Femoral Neck Nonunions
      • Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures
    • Biomechanics
      • Polyethylene Bearings: What Is Next?
      • Polyethylene
      • “Getting Your Bearings”: Convergence of Clinical and Scientific Wisdom (Not Marketing)
      • Contemporary Hip Bearings: Doing Well? What Is Next?
      • Caveats With New Polyethylenes
      • Component Design for Hip Stability
      • The Biomechanics of Labral Injury and Its Relationship to Hip OA
      • Slimmer Necks and Bigger Heads for THA
      • Hydroxyapatite Stems: Long-Term Experience (Europe)
    • Degenerative disease
      • Dysplasia
      • Femoroacetabular Impingement
      • Evaluation of the Painful Total Hip
    • Infections
      • Infection and Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Managing Infected Total Joints
      • Exchange Surgery for the Hip: One vs Two Stages
      • Avoiding Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty
    • Operating techniques
      • Hip Resurfacing: Definitely the Future
      • Direct Anterior Approach, Smith-Peterson Interval
      • Pelvic Discontinuity in Revision THR: Strategies for Management
      • Tapered Stems: Two Decades of Experience
      • Evidence-Based Medicine: MIS THA
      • Big Heads or Constrained Components?
      • Current Status of Cementless Stem in Total Hip Replacement
      • Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Leg Length Discrepancy after THA
      • Standard Surgical Approach for Revision THA
      • Arthroscopy of the Hip: Indications and Limitations
      • Femoral Impaction Grafting
      • Optimizing Acetabular Alignment to Prevent Dislocation and to Restore Leg Length
      • The Role of Anatomic Head Sizes in Avoiding Instability in THA
      • Does the Approach and Closure Really Matter?
      • Impaction Grafting
      • The Ceramic Bearing Surface Fractures: Past vs Present
      • Comparison Study of Minimally Invasive Dual-Incision vs Posterolateral Approach in Hip Arthroplasty
      • Acetabular Reconstruction of Bony Defects
      • Modular Revision Femoral Stems
      • The Metal-on-Metal THA: What We Know and What We Don’t!
      • Obesity and Total Hip Replacement: How Heavy Is Too Heavy?
      • Computer Simulation of Hip Resurfacing
      • Clinical Results with Computer Navigation in the Hip
      • Surgical Management of the Young, High-Demand Patient
      • Hip Resurfacing – The Ideal Candidate: Who Is? Who Isn’t?
      • Ceramic-On-Ceramic at 10 Years
      • Hip Resurfacing: The US View
      • Stability and Leg Length
      • Exposure in Revision TKA
      • Bearing Surfaces in THR
      • Acetabular Revision
      • Complication in THA: DVT, Dislocation, and Periprosthetic Fractures
      • Primary Total Hip Replacement
      • Hip Kinematics with Navigation
      • MIS Direct Anterior Approach: Is Revision Possible?
      • Femoral Impaction Grafting in Revision THJR
      • Distal Fixation with Modularity
      • Current Treatment Options and Remaining Challenges in Hip Replacement
      • Cement-in-Cement Revision THA
      • Acetabular Reconstruction after Severe Periacetabular Bone Defects
      • Revision: Registries. The Size of the Problem
      • Minimally Invasive THA: Benefit for Hospital, Surgeon, or Patient?
      • Cementless Cup Revision Options
      • Instability in Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Alternative Bearing: A Surgeons View
      • Optimizing ROM in THA
      • Revising the Femur With Modular Stems
      • Ceramic-on-Ceramic Total Hip Arthroplasty: Update 2006
      • Hydroxyapatite Coatings in Hip Revision Surgery
      • Osteolysis After THA: Management When Implants Are Well-Fixed
      • Femoral Revision: The Use of Monolithic Stems
      • Neurovascular Complications Associated With THA
      • Direct Anterior Approach THR
      • Cement into Packed Allograft for Femoral Reconstruction
      • Dual Incision THA
      • Minimally (Less) Invasive THR
      • MIS 2-Incision THA: The Added Technical Difficulty Has Not Been Rewarded
      • Can Large Heads Alone Solve the Problem of Instability?
      • Importance of Leg Length and Offset in THR
      • Minimally Invasive Surgery: My Approach
      • Past, Present and Future of Socket Fixation
      • Use of Navigation in THA
      • Five-Year Experience with Highly Crosslinked Polyethylene
      • Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty Posterior Approach
      • Does the Incision Really Make a Difference?
      • HA Tapered Stems: Long Term Experience
      • Rehabilitation Protocols for Primary THA
      • Ceramic on Ceramic: Minimum 5-Year Follow Up
      • Distal Fixation: Is Extensive Coating the Gold Standard?
      • Cemented Total Hip Replacement
      • Complications in Total Hip Replacement: Current Status
      • Revision Total Hip Replacement
      • Cementless Femoral Fixation
      • Minimally Invasive Total Hip Replacement (THR) or Minimal Incision THR
      • Getting Your Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Ceramics, Polyethylenes, and Other New Technologies
      • Dealing with Protrusio
      • Femoral-Acetabular Impingement and Treatment
      • Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Evaluating the Painful Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)
      • Complications of Total Hip Replacement (THR)
      • Revision Total Hip Replacement
      • A Fair and Balanced Look at Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)
      • Topside and Backside Wear in Total Knee Replacement (TKR)
      • Update on Resurfacing
      • Acetabular Stress Shielding
      • Dislocation of Total Hip Arthroplasty: Prevention and Treatment
      • Prevention and Management of Infection After Total Joint Replacement (TJR)
      • Achieving Leg-Length Equality in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA)
      • My Experience With Minimally Invasive Surgery
      • Positive Difference in Total Hip Arthroplasty Results
      • My Experience with Minimally Invasive Surgery
      • Tapered Stem Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Cemented Stems in Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Metal and Ceramic on Polyethylene
      • Achieving Leg Length Equality and Stability
      • Dealing With the Compromised Acetabulum
      • Dislocation in Elderly Patients
      • Lesional Treatment of Pelvic Osteolysis After Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • What is Coming and Options to Consider
      • Bipolar/Hemi-Arthroplasty Surgery: Does it Make Sense?
      • Total Hip Arthroplasty After Failed Osteotomy
      • Managing the Deficient Acetabulum
      • Modular Revision Hip Stems
      • Tapered Stems for Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty
      • Algorithmic Approach to Femoral and Acetabular Revision
      • Impaction Grafting
      • Exposures for Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty
    • Physiology
      • Managing an Obese Patient
    • Traumatology
      • Rationale and Indications for Intramedullary Hip Devices
      • Femoral Neck-Shaft Fractures
      • Femoral Head/Neck Fracture: Synthesis or Arthroplasty
      • Periprosthetic Hip Fractures
      • Hip Fractures: Replace or Repair?
  • Knee
    • General
      • Functional Outcome after Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: Optimizing Results
      • Arthroscopic Partial Medial Meniscectomy
      • Primary ACL Reconstruction Using Nonirradiated Patellar Tendon Allografts
      • PCL Inlay Technique
      • All-Inside Meniscus Repair Techniques
      • Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL)
      • Arthroscopic Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
      • A Novel Technique for All-Inside Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: The RetroConstruction Technique
      • Cross Pin Technique for Femoral Fixation in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
      • Meniscus Transplantation
      • Meniscus Injuries in the Athlete
      • Crosslinked Polyethylene
      • DVT Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty
      • Polyethylene Bearings: What Is Next?
      • Identifying the High-Performance Patient
      • Radiographic Results of TKR Cement Technique With Medium Viscosity Cement
      • Periprosthetic Fractures After Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Biophysical Control of Proinflammatory Cytokines in Joint Space
      • Navigation: A Valid Tool for Functional Kinematic Analysis and Balancing the Soft Tissue Envelope?
      • Total Knee Arthroplasty: With or Without computer-Assisted Navigation
      • Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty in Stiff and Ankylosed Knees
      • Future Trends in Meniscal Replacement
      • Meniscus Transplantation: Current Concepts
      • Rationale and Clinical Techniques in Meniscal Repair
      • Extension Gap First
      • Soft Tissue Guided Motion: An Engineer's Perspective
      • Overview of UKA
      • Stiff Knee
      • Where Next in TKR: A European Perspective
      • Will Registry Data Change Your Practice?
      • Unresolved Challenges of the Primary TKR: The Fixed Valgus Knee
      • The Painful Knee
      • Where Next in TKR: 5 - 10 Year US Perspective
      • Mobile Bearing TKA - Yesterday's News
      • After 40 Years of TKR: Is the Problem Solved?
      • Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: When and How?
      • The Unstable Knee
      • In Vivo Knee Kinematics: Nonrestricted Geometry Total Knee Replacement
      • Functional Outcome after Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: Optimizing Results
      • Cementless Fixation in TKR: The Future
      • Correction of the Severe Varus Knee at Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • The Role of Arthroplasty in Osteoarthritis
      • Total Joint Arthroplasty Survival in the US Medicare Population
      • Functional Outcome after Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: Optimizing Results
      • Management of Multiligament Injuries: The Role of Allografts
      • Current Indications for Lateral Retinacular Release
      • Formal Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction
      • Why I (Sometimes) Prefer Tibial Tubercle Transfer for Patella Instability
      • Proximal Patellofemoral Realignment: New Concepts and Findings
      • Alignment and Rotation Using Computer-Assisted TKA
      • Performing a Minimally Invasive, Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • High Tibial Osteotomy: Patient Indications and Surgical Considerations
      • Rationale for Rotating Bearing Knees
      • Triathlon Total Knee System: Enhanced Kinematics and Motion by Design
      • Fit of Components and Impact on Motion
      • Correcting Common Mistakes Through Use of Navigation
      • Pain Management Therapy for Total Joint Arthroplasty
      • Approaches in MIS TKA: When to Use What
      • MIS TKA: How I Do It
      • The Extensor Mechanism in Complex TKA
      • Primary Total Knee With Bone Loss
      • Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate and NSAIDs
      • Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
    • Biomechanics
      • Extending the Performance of Single Radius Design
      • Polyethylene
      • “Getting Your Bearings”: Convergence of Clinical and Scientific Wisdom (Not Marketing)
      • Caveats With New Polyethylenes
      • Wear in TKR: Design Vs New Materials
      • Do Kinematics Really Matter? Or Does Knee Selection Really Make a Difference?
    • Degenerative disease
      • The Stiff, Painful Knee
      • Role of Unloader Brace and Osteotomy in Active Patient with DJD
    • Infections
      • Management of Infected TKA
      • Management of the Infected TKA
      • Managing Infected Total Joints
    • Operating techniques
      • Negative Pressure Intrusion: Cementing Technique in TKA
      • Functional Demands on Today’s Total Knee Replacement
      • Total Knee Replacement: What Do Registers Say?
      • Is Long-Term Data in TKA Enough? Outcomes vs Patient Satisfaction
      • Rehabilitation after Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Gender in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • The Inside-Out Technique for the Correction of a Valgus Deformity in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Evidence-Based Orthopedics: Mobile-Bearing Knee
      • Evidence-Based Orthopedics: Drains
      • Severe Bone Loss in Revision TKR
      • Patellar Resurfacing in TKR: Evidence-Based Analysis
      • Obesity and Total Joint Arthroplasty
      • Isoelastic Metal-Backed Monoblock TKR
      • Patellofemoral Arthroplasty: When and How?
      • Computer-Assisted Surgery 2007: Where Are We Now?
      • Stem Fixation in Revision TKA
      • TKA: Periarticular Deformity
      • Extensile Exposures of the Knee
      • Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Obese Patient
      • Cementless TKR
      • Evaluation: The Painful TKA
      • Medial Exposure for TKA
      • Tips for Avoiding Component Malalignment in TKA
      • Flexion/Extension Gap Balancing in TKA
      • Bone Loss in Total Knee Replacement
      • The Need for Computer Navigation in TJR
      • Pinless Navigation for Total Knees
      • Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Valgus Knee
      • Pain Management for TKA/THA: Added Value of Peripheral Nerve Blocks or Epidurals in 2007?
      • Functional Outcomes of Patellofemoral Arthroplasty
      • Computer-Assisted Navigation in Extra-Articular Deformity
      • Computer-Assisted Navigation in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Principles of Revision TKA
      • Evaluation of the Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Balancing the TKA: Varus/Valgus, Flexion/Extension
      • Proper Component Positioning in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Modes of Failure: Total Knee Replacement
      • Exposure in TKA
      • Unicompartmental Knee Replacement and High Tibial Osteotomy: Results and Indications
      • Patellofemoral Joint Approaches to the Treatment of Articular Cartilage
      • Anteromedialization of the Tibial Tubercle
      • Femoral and Tibial Alignment with MIS in TKR
      • Allograft Transplantation: Meniscus and Osteochondral
      • Coping with Bone Loss in Knee Revision Surgery
      • Navigation – Is It Improving Surgical Skills?
      • Stability and Gap Balancing in Revision TKA
      • Dedicated Soft-Tissue Management for Deep Flexion
      • Reconstruction Using Segmental Implants in Knee Revision
      • Minimally Invasive Surgery in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Your Worst Nightmare: Extensor Mechanism Rupture
      • Managing Bone Loss in Total Knee Replacement
      • Subtle Prosthetic Malfunction: Now What?
      • Management of the Severe Varus Knee
      • Is Wear a Concern in TKR?
      • Navigated Knees: The Final Frontier
      • Advantages of MIS TKR: Mid-Vastus Approach vs Peripatellar Approach
      • Management of Flexion Contracture
      • How to Avoid Patella Complications at TKA: The 10 Commandments
      • LIS for TKA: The Rational Choice
      • Evolution of Hydroxyapatite-Coated Total Knee Replacement
      • What Are the Causes for Revision TKA?
      • What Now? Patellar Fractures after Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • The Evolution of Total Knee Replacement: Have We Reached the Final Frontier?
      • The Valgus Knee in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Rehabilitation and Pain Management in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Exposure and Balancing in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery
      • Early Intervention Unicompartmental and Patellofemoral Knee Replacement
      • Management of Flexion Deformity in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Computer-Aided Orthopedic Surgery: Utilizing the Navigation System
      • Should We Be Doing Unicompartmental Replacement?
      • Adult Reconstruction – Review Questions – 2004
      • Exposure and Soft-Tissue Balancing in Total Knee Replacement
      • Optimizing the Patellofemoral Joint in Total Knee Replacement (TKR)
      • Periprosthetic Fractures of Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Maximizing Range of Motion in Total Knee Replacement (TKR)
      • Patellar Preparation
      • Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement (TKR): The Impact of Patellar Eversion on Recovery
      • Bilateral Total Knees: A Surgeon’s Perspective From a Patient’s Point of View
      • Knee Strength Following Total Knee Replacement
      • Rehabilitation After Total Knee Replacement (TKR)
      • Valgus Releases for Total Knee Replacement (TKR) in the Valgus Knee
      • Flexion Contractures
      • Causes of Failure in Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA): What Can We Learn?
      • Ligament Releases for Varus Knees
      • My Experience With Minimally Invasive Surgery
      • Patellofemoral Arthroplasty
      • Knee Navigation Made Me a Smarter Surgeon
      • Medial Parapatellar Approach in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • What Are the Major Causes for Knee Revisions?
      • Prosthetic Choice for Constraint
      • Long-Term Results in Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Navigation: No Difference
      • The Valgus Knee: Tips and Pearls
      • Approaches in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
      • Are All Navigation Systems the Same?
      • Avoiding Patellofemoral Problems
      • Obesity
      • Consideration of Uni-Compartmental Knee Arthroplasty as a Viable Alternative to Total Knees
      • Angular Deformity in Total Knee Replacement
      • Less Invasive Total Knee Replacement: Impact on Early Function
      • The Varus Knee: Tips and Pearls
      • Component Removal: Tips and Pearls
    • Pharmacology
      • Thromboembolic Disease in THA/TKA
    • Physiology
      • Managing an Obese Patient
    • Traumatology
      • Distal Femur Fractures
  • Orthobiologics and Pharmacologics
    • General
      • Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
      • Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate and NSAIDs
      • Topical Hemostatics
      • Sclerostin Antibody: A New Investigational Drug That May Treat Osteoporosis and Speed Fracture Healing
      • Bone Graft Substitutes That Contain Mesenchymal Stem Cells
      • Osteobiologics and the Management of Segmental Bone Defects
      • Advances in Biotech: Threat or Challenge for the Endoprosthetics Industry
      • Modular Endoprosthetic Reconstruction for Segmental Bone Defects in Nonneoplastic Limb Salvage
      • Technology vs Biology: What Is Available--What Is Feasible?
      • How I Manage Severe Bone Loss
      • How I Deal With Severe Osteoporosis
      • The Changing Environment
      • High Demand, High Performance Patient
      • Osteobiologics: Evidence-Based Use for BMPs
      • Platelet-rich plasma: What Is hype? What Is fact?
      • Orthobiologics
      • Marrow Cells
      • Platelet Gels
      • Osteoconductive Bone Graft Substitutes in Orthopedic Trauma
      • Evidence-Based Approach to the Evaluation of Tissue Engineering in Orthopedic Surgery
    • Degenerative disease
      • Pulsed Electrical Stimulation
    • Infections
      • Antibiotics for the Draining Wound: Evidence-Based Medicine
    • Operating techniques
      • Orthobiologics: Innovative Bone Graft Options In the Hand and Upper Extremity
      • Clinical Rationale for the Use of Bone Graft Substitutes
      • Clinical Use of BMP: Indications & Economics
    • Pharmacology
      • Hyaluronidase in the Face of Thrombosis and DIC
      • Antibiotics and Their Mechanism of Action
      • Applying the Science of TED Prophylaxis to Orthopedic Surgery
    • Physiology
      • The Biology of Cancellous Bone Grafting and Bone Induction
      • Bone Graft Substitutes: What We Need to Know
    • Prevention
      • Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE): Standards of Care
    • Traumatology
      • Update on Bone Healing and Grafting
      • Bone Grafts in Trauma Surgery
      • Orthobiologics and Bone Stimulation
  • Osteoarthritis
    • General
      • Knee Osteoarthritis after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
      • Arthroscopy for Knee OA: Fact or Fiction?
      • Cartilage Restoration
      • Spinal Stenosis: Is There a Role for Conservative Treatment?
      • Sports Participation and Osteoarthritis
      • MRI of Joint Morphology, Structure and Composition
      • Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation
      • Glucosamine/Chondroitin Sulfate and NSAIDs
      • The Stiff, Painful Knee
      • Role of Unloader Brace and Osteotomy in Active Patient with DJD
      • Dysplasia
      • The Biomechanics of Labral Injury and Its Relationship to Hip OA
      • Crosslinked Polyethylene
      • DVT Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty
      • Orthopedic Challenges in the Elderly
      • Surgical Management of Glenohumeral Arthritis
      • Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in Warriors: The Role of Battlefield Injuries
      • The Mechanical Etiopathogenesis of OA
      • Treatment Strategies to Improve Patient Outcomes
      • Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis - Indications to Intervene
      • ACL Injuries and Arthritis
      • Best evidence: Current OA Treatment Algorithms
      • Osteoarthritis: The Clinical Picture
      • Acute and Chronic Knee Pain Interactive Case Study
      • Is There a Place for Conservative Treatment for Patients with Osteoarthritic Knees?
  • Patient Safety
    • General
      • Postoperative Pain Management
      • Orthopedic Challenges in the Elderly
      • Managing an Obese Patient
  • Pediatrics
    • General
      • Ankle Fractures in Children and Adolescents
      • Orthopedic Challenges in Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders
      • Nonfusion Spine-Based Distraction Procedures
      • Management of Cartilage Defects in the Young Patient
      • Traction for Severe Deformity in Children and Adolescents
      • Growing Rods in Early Onset Deformity
      • Localized Pediatric Disorders of Bone and Soft tissue
      • Pediatric Elbow: Anatomy and Imaging
      • Perthes: Femoral Varus Osteotomy
      • Thoracic Pedicle Screws for Unusual Conditions
    • Anatomy
      • Skeletal Growth and Development
    • Congenital disease
      • Myelomeningocele, Lipomeningocele, and Caudal Regression
      • Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    • Operating techniques
      • Cerebral Palsy Spine Correction: Maximizing Benefits, Minimizing Risks
      • Femoral Shaft Fractures
    • Traumatology
      • Pediatric Upper Extremity Fracture Syndromes
      • Children’s Femur Fractures: What’s New, Different, Better?
      • Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
      • Physeal Injuries About the Knee
      • Distal Radius Fractures in Children
  • Shoulder
    • General
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Elderly
      • Superior Labrum Anterior-Posterior (SLAP) Lesions and Repair
      • Shoulder Instability Challenges in the Athlete
      • When and How to Perform Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilizations
      • Arthroscopic Knot Tying
      • Arthroscopic Instability Repairs: Where Are We Today?
      • SLAP lesions
      • Subscapularis Management in Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Rehabilitation after Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Humeral Component Removal and Bone Grafting in Reverse Arthroplasty
      • Management of Partial Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears
      • Evaluation and Treatment of Glenoid Bone Loss in Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Posterior Shoulder Instability: Is There Still a Role for Open Repair?
      • Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • The Technique of Diagnostic Shoulder Arthroscopy
      • Humeral Windows in Revision Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Avascular Necrosis of the Shoulder
      • Management of Fractures after Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Deltopectoral and Extensile Approaches
      • What Is New with Fractures of the Clavicle?
      • Biomechanical Rationale for Single- vs Double-Row Rotator Cuff Repair
      • ORIF of Humeral Shaft Fractures: Indications and Implant Selection
      • Instability Repair: How I Have Changed Over the Years
      • The Acromioclavicular Joint: Is the Weaver-Dunn of Historic Interest?
      • Rotator Cuff Repair: My Approach in 2006
      • The Reverse Total Shoulder: Rationale and Indications
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Hemiarthroplasty--Maximizing Outcomes
      • Hemiarthroplasty vs Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Indications and Contraindications?
      • Partial-Thickness Cuff Tears: Repair In Situ or Not?
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Indications and Methodology for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation
      • Arthroscopic Acromioplasty and Distal Clavicle Resection
      • Options for the Arthritic Shoulder
      • The Evaluation and Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures
      • Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Issues and Answers
      • Hemiarthroplasty of the Shoulder for Nonrepairable Fractures of the Humeral Head
      • Pearls of Technique in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Massive Tears: Debridement and Tuberoplasty
      • Soft-Tissue Management for Glenohumeral Arthritis Surgery
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Young Patient
    • Infections
      • Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Diagnosing and Managing Infection
    • Operating techniques
      • Shoulder Arthritis in the Young Adult: Arthroscopy to Arthroplasty
      • Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Indications and Technique
      • Proximal Humeral Osteotomy for Removal of a Well-Fixed Stem
      • Soft Tissue Management: Exposure and Releases in Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • Treatment Options for Rotator Cuff-Deficient Shoulders
      • Avoiding Complications: Glenoid Preparation and Placement
      • Rationale for a Divergent Peg Glenoid Component
      • Complication in TSA: Humerus Fractures
      • Arthroscopic Management of Multidirectional Instability (MDI) and Posterior Shoulder Instability
      • Open Instability Repairs: Still the Gold Standard?
      • Reverse Prosthesis for Cuff Arthroplasty
    • Traumatology
      • Decision Making Process in the Treatment of Locked Dislocations
      • Technique for Locked Plating of the Proximal Humerus
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Indications and Methodology for ORIF
      • Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humeral Fractures
      • (4-Part) Proximal Humerus Fracture: Synthesis or Arthroplasty
      • SLAP Lesions
  • Spine
    • General
      • Knee Dislocations
      • Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Spinal Surgery: Gene Therapy and Tissue Engineering
      • Intervertebral Disc Regeneration
      • Reconstruction of Paralysis Using Implanted Neuroprosthetics
    • Operating techniques
      • High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Reduce or Not to Reduce?
      • Motion-Preserving Cervical Approaches
      • Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery for Lumbar Disk Herniation
      • Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF): Surgical Indications and Outcomes: Part I
      • Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF): Surgical Indications and Outcomes: Part II
    • Traumatology
      • Cervical Spine Trauma
  • Sports Medicine
    • General
      • Evaluation and Management of Biceps Injuries
      • How I Do It: Suprascapular Nerve Decompression
      • Indications, Rationale, and Technique for Arthroscopic Tibial Inlay for PCL Reconstruction
      • The Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis - A Solution for Rotator Cuff Deficient Shoulders: When and Why?
      • Knee Fracture Dislocations
      • Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections
      • SLAP lesions
    • Operating techniques
      • Primary ACL Reconstruction Using Nonirradiated Patellar Tendon Allografts
      • PCL Inlay Technique
      • Cross Pin Technique for Femoral Fixation in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
      • A Novel Technique for All-Inside Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: The RetroConstruction Technique
      • Shoulder Instability Challenges in the Athlete
      • Superior Labrum Anterior-Posterior (SLAP) Lesions and Repair
      • Arthroscopic Anatomic Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction
      • Double-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL)
      • All-Inside Meniscus Repair Techniques
      • First-Time Shoulder Dislocation: Sling, Rehab, or Surgery?
      • When and How to Perform Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilizations
      • Arthroscopic Knot Tying
      • Articular Cartilage Injury: Other Options
      • Meniscus Injuries in the Athlete
      • Meniscus Transplantation
      • What is the problem with full thickness cartilage defects in the athlete?
      • Arthroscopic Instability Repairs: Where Are We Today?
  • Trauma
    • General
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Hemiarthroplasty--Maximizing Outcomes
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Indications and Methodology for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation
      • The Evaluation and Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures
      • Cervical Spine Trauma
      • Management of Fractures after Shoulder Arthroplasty
      • What Is New with Fractures of the Clavicle?
      • ORIF of Humeral Shaft Fractures: Indications and Implant Selection
      • Pediatric Upper Extremity Fracture Syndromes
      • Children’s Femur Fractures: What’s New, Different, Better?
      • Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
      • Physeal Injuries About the Knee
      • Distal Radius Fractures in Children
      • Bone Grafts in Trauma Surgery
      • Posttraumatic Reconstruction of the Foot and Ankle
      • Ankle Fractures: Are We Fixing Too Many?
      • Calcaneus Fractures
      • What Is New With Ankle Fractures
      • Compartment Syndromes of the Foot
      • A Prospective Study of Alginate Seeded with Mature Human Allogenic Chondrocytes
      • Arthroscopic Membranous/Matrix Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (MACI): Emerging Techniques in Europe
      • Can We Respond to Rising Patient Expectations?
      • Megaprosthesis Reconstruction in Extreme Cases
      • Femoral Neck Fractures
      • How I Manage the Trauma Patient With Diabetes
      • How I Treat Patients with Morbid Obesity
      • Treatment of Severe Open Wounds
      • Comminuted Plafond Fractures
      • Clavicle Fractures: Have the Indications for ORIF Changed?
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Percutaneous Pinning vs ORIF
      • Combining Percutaneous and Locking Technique
      • Compartment Syndromes
      • Both Bone Forearm Fractures: Tips and Tricks
    • Biomechanics
      • Design Differences in Intramedullary Hip Screws
    • Inflammations
      • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
    • Operating techniques
      • Ankle Fractures: Tips and Tricks
      • Immerging Trends and External Fixation
      • Fractures of the Tibial Plafond: Where Are We?
      • Damage Control Orthopedics
      • Elbow Dislocations and Fracture Dislocations
      • Humeral Shaft Fractures: Antegrade vs Retrograde Nails
      • Tibial Plateau Fractures: Tips and Tricks of Locked Plating
      • ORIF of Supracondylar Femur Fractures
      • Ankle Fractures: Tips and Tricks
      • Periprosthetic Supracondylar Femur Fractures
      • Scapula Fractures: Which Ones Need to be Fixed?
      • Intramedullary Nailing Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures: Tips and Tricks
      • Tibial Pilon Fractures: Tips and Tricks of Locked Plating
      • IM Nailing in Proximal and Distal Tibial Fractures
      • Current State of the Art: Distal Radius Fractures
      • Intertrochanteric Fractures: What’s New?
      • Peritrochanteric Femur Fractures: Plate vs IM Nail
      • Pelvic Ring Injuries
      • Tibial Plateau Fractures
      • Damage Control Orthopedics
      • Treatment of Complications of Fracture Fixation Around the Hip
      • Retrograde Femoral Nailing: Are There Still Indications?
      • Has Locked Plating Expanded the Indication for ORIF of the Proximal Humerus?
      • Piriformis Entry Point
      • Fixation Enhancement in Osteoporotic Bone
      • Subtrochanteric Femur Fractures (Nail or Plate?)
      • MIS in Traumatology
      • Distal Femur Synthesis or Arthroplasty?
      • Tibial Plateau Fractures
      • Damage Control Orthopedics
      • Indications for Locking Plate Fixations
      • Trochanteric Nailing of the Femur: The Upcoming Standard of Care
      • Hip Fractures: Plate vs Nail
      • Periprosthetic Fractures of the Lower Extremity
      • Supracondylar/Condylar Femur Fractures – When is Locked Internal Fixation and Percutaneous Application Useful?
      • Minimally Invasive Plating of the Distal Tibia
      • Percutaneous Screw Fixation of Acetabular Fractures
      • Nailing of Proximal and Diaphyseal Tibial Fractures
      • Damage Control Orthopedics: Extremity Considerations
      • Percutaneous Condylar Plating of Distal Femur Fractures
      • Neck Shaft Fractures
      • Single Locked Plating of Tibial Plateau Fractures
      • Acetabular Fractures for the Non-Trauma Specialist
      • Patella Fractures
      • Distal Humerus Fractures in the Elderly Patient
      • Distal Radius Fractures
      • Knee Fracture Dislocations
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Elderly
      • Knee Dislocations
      • Extra-articular Distal Tibia Fractures
    • Prevention
      • The Influence of Sex and Gender on Musculoskeletal Health
    • Traumatology
      • Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humeral Fractures
      • Hemiarthroplasty of the Shoulder for Nonrepairable Fractures of the Humeral Head
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures in the Young Patient
      • Decision Making Process in the Treatment of Locked Dislocations
      • Technique for Locked Plating of the Proximal Humerus
      • Proximal Humerus Fractures: Indications and Methodology for ORIF
      • Distal Femur Fractures
      • Hip Fractures: Replace or Repair?
      • Femoral Neck-Shaft Fractures
      • Rationale and Indications for Intramedullary Hip Devices
      • Locked Plate for Fractures of the Distal Radius: the Treatment of Choice
      • Surgical Approaches for Distal Radius Fractures
      • Distal Radius Fractures
      • Proximal Phalangeal Fracture
      • Metacarpal Fractures
      • Distal Radius Malunions
      • Management of Distal Radius Fractures
      • Current State: Repair and Rehab of Flexor Tendons
      • DRUJ and Distal Radius Fractures
      • Outcomes Studies in Distal Radius Fractures
      • Does Every Distal Radius Need a Locked Plate?
      • Distal Tibial Pilon Fractures: Evaluation and Treatment
      • Osteoporotic Fractures
      • The Timing of Fracture Stabilization
      • Rehabilitation Strategies That Work Following Upper Extremity Injury
      • Fractures of the Femoral Shaft
      • Humeral Plating Tricks: The What, Where, and How
      • Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: Intramedullary Hip Screw
      • Tibial Nailing: Limitations and Indications
      • Periprosthetic Fractures
      • Orthopedic Damage Control
      • Femoral Head Fractures
  • Tumor
    • General
      • Chondrosarcoma
      • Soft Tissue Sarcoma
      • Surgical Management of Cancer Metastatic to Bone
      • Benign Bone Tumors - Unknowns
      • Localized Pediatric Disorders of Bone and Soft tissue
      • Osteopetrosis
      • The Adult Patient with a Bone Lesion
      • The Adult Patient With a Bone Lesion
      • Chondroblastoma
      • Tumors of the Foot: Questions and Answers (11 Cases)
      • Aneurysmal Bone Cyst vs Unicameral Bone Cysts vs Telangiectatic Osteosarcoma
      • Osteoblastoma
      • Pathology Part 2
      • Pathology Part 1
      • Bone Tumor Radiology Part 2
      • Bone Tumor Radiology Part 3
      • Pathology Part 3
      • Radiology Pathology Cases
      • Radiology Differential Diagnosis Part 1
      • Radiology Differential Diagnosis Part 2
      • Radiology Differential Diagnosis Part 3
      • Bone Tumor Radiology
    • Operating techniques
      • Reconstruction for Bone Tumors About the Knee
    • Traumatology
      • Destructive Lesion in the Young Patient
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