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GUEST
EDITORIAL
Business Challenges to Our Professionalism
Robert E. Booth, Jr. MD
Economic pressures, patient identity regulations, and
unintended consequences of outcomes assessments are among the
challenges that Dr. Booth discusses.
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ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIES & TECHNIQUES
Coaptation Splinting for Humeral Shaft Fractures in Adults and Children: A Modified Method
LCDR Chad T. Zehms, MC, USN, LCDR Luke Balsamo, MC, USN, and CDR Robert Dunbar, MC, USN
Zehms and colleagues describe a modified method of
coaptation splinting that is geared to easing application
when one is working alone or with an uncooperative patient.
 A Simple and Accurate Method for Determining Leg Length in Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty
Nicholas D. Iagulli, MS, MD, Thomas H. Mallory, MD, FACS, Keith R. Berend, MD, Adolph V. Lombardi, Jr., MD, FACS, Jackie H. Russell, RN, Joanne B. Adams, BFA, and Kari L. Groseth, BS
The accuracy of using preoperative radiographic templating and intraoperative
referencing of the well leg to determine postoperative leg
length in unilateral primary THA was assessed.
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| REVIEW PAPERS |
Blood Management in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Hari P. Bezwada, MD, David G. Nazarian, MD, David H. Henry, MD, Robert E. Booth, Jr., MD, and Michael A. Mont, MD
Bezwada and
colleagues
conclude
that exposure
to allogeneic
blood can
be minimized
with careful
preoperative
planning,
blood conservation
techniques,
and selected
use of erythropoietin.
Airport Detection of Implanted Orthopedic Devices
Robert F. Ostrum, MD
Dr. Ostrum reviews the literature and examines the variables that make
detection of orthopedic implants a less-than-consistent science. |
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studies |
Postthrombotic Syndrome After Asymptomatic Deep Venous Thrombosis Following Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty
Jess H. Lonner, MD, Josh Frank, MD, Kevin McGuire, MD, and Paul A. Lotke, MD
Are patients who develop asymptomatic proximal or distal DVT after
total knee or hip arthroplasty at increased risk for post-thrombotic syndrome?
Characteristics and Incidence of Fibromyalgia in Patients Who Receive Worker’s Compensation
Seyed Mehdi Bathaii, MD, and Khosrow Tabaddor, MD, FICS
Risk factors for, and causes of, fibromyalgia syndrome and the associated disabilities were analyzed to investigate its influence on employment status and disability among those with work-related injuries. |
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CASE
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Arterial Occlusion of Vascular Graft After Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed Without Tourniquet
Gary
S. Shapiro,
MD, Douglas
N. Mintz,
MD, Neil
Sheth, BS,
Harry L.
Bush, MD,
and Thomas
P. Sculco,
MD
Despite vascular consultation and lack of tourniquet use during TKA
in this patient with peripheral vascular disease and previous peripheral bypass
surgery, thrombosis occurred in a vascular graft. Limb blood flow was adequate
immediately after surgery but deteriorated over the next 18 hours.
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ASPECTS
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Complete
Traumatic
Extrusion
of the Distal
Ulna Through
the Hypothenar
Eminence
Steven
N. Shah,
MD, and Madhav
A. Karunakar,
MD
This injury, the result of an open, both-bone forearm fracture,
was managed without reconstruction of the ulna. |
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