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EDITORIAL
Orthopedic Graduate Medical Education:
"You Can’t Always Get What You Want"
Peter D. McCann, MD
Commenting on the study by Sanfilippo and colleagues in this issue, Dr. McCann notes that what residents want and what they need might be two different things.
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ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIES & TECHNIQUES
External Fixation of Pediatric Femur Fractures With Cortical Contact
Elizabeth G. Matzkin, MD, MAJ Eric L. Smith, MD, Andrew Wilson, MD, and Patrick C. Murray, MD
External fixation was found to be a viable treatment for 2- to 10-year-olds in this study. How to best limit overgrowth, the role of dynamization, and the development of pin-tract infections are discussed.
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Nonsurgical
Complications
After Total
Hip and
Knee Arthroplasty
Daniel
T. Alfonso,
MD, R. James
Toussaint,
BA, Bianca
D. Alfonso,
MD,
Eric J. Strauss,
MD, David
T. Steiger,
MD, and Paul
E. Di Cesare,
MD
Orthopedists
may be the
first to
encounter
these medical
complications
in the postoperative
period.
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Criteria
Used by Medical Students
to Rank Orthopedic Surgery
Residency Programs
James A. Sanfilippo, MD, Peter F. Sharkey, MD, and Javad Parvizi, MD
What aspects of a residency program are important to applicants during program
selection?
Time-Dependent Changes in Median Nerve Sensory Amplitude After Local Anesthetic Administration and Tourniquet Application
Wendy L. Timpson, MEd, Xuan Kong, PhD, Ward P. Hamlet, MD,
Patrick Gross, BS, and Shai N. Gozani, MD, PhD
This study was designed to assess the feasibility of sensory amplitude monitoring
during carpal tunnel release.
Commentary
Matthew M. Tomaino, MD
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Reimbursement
Essentials
for the Orthopedic
Practice
Sarah
Wiskerchen,
MBA, CPC
Billing and
collections
success comes
from combining
basic “blocking and tackling” reimbursement principles
with technology advances that are accessible to even
small practices.
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CASE
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Recurrence
and Spread
of Complex
Regional Pain
Syndrome Caused
by Remote-Site
Surgery: A
Case Report
Rinoo V. Shah, MD, ABIPP, and Miles R. Day, MD
Dr. Shah and colleagues illustrate the importance of recognizing that CRPS recurrence is not always caused by surgery in an area previously affected by CRPS.
Paradoxical Embolus Causing Transient Bilateral Blindness Following Spinal Surgery
Jason C. Eck, DO, MS, S. Craig Humphreys, MD, Vinit D. Patil, MD,
Scott D. Hodges, DO, Susan E. Clarke, BS, and Jayant R. Davare, MD
What are the possible causes, proper consultations, and treatments?
Neurologic and Morphologic Features of Dural Ectasia in Ankylosing Spondylitis
and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report
Charles A. Reitman, MD, Martin D. Lidsky,
MD, and
Michael H. Heggeness, MD, PhD
Dr. Reitman and colleagues comment that dural ectasia should be considered in
any patient with ankylosing spondylitis and lower extremity pain or cauda equina
symptoms.
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Fifth Metatarsal Stress Fractures in Elite Basketball Players: Evaluation of Forces Acting on the Fifth Metatarsal
Joseph H. Guettler, MD, Gregory J. Ruskan, PT, Jeffrey R. Bytomski, DO, Christopher R. Brown, MD, Jan K. Richardson, PT, PhD, and
Claude T. Moorman, III, MD
Which maneuvers place the most stress beneath the fifth metatarsal? What effect
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