Orthopedics
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Can a Stroke Be Caused by Cervical Manipulation?
Though rare, internal carotid artery dissection represents one of the most common causes of stroke in young and middle-aged adults.
Perspectives
A Military Nurse Saves a Life After a Brutal Rollover Crash
After watching a woman being ejected from her car then run over by a trailer, a nurse stabilizes her for transport to the hospital.
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Data Trends 2023: Limb Loss and Prostheses
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Federal Health Care Data Trends 2023
Original Research
Rifampin for Prosthetic Joint Infections: Lessons Learned Over 20 Years at a VA Medical Center
Orthopedic implants are frequently used to repair fractures and replace joints. The number of total joint...
Commentary
‘Decapitated’ boy saved by surgery team
The key element in surgeries of the cervical spine – trauma and complex spine surgery – is planning.
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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.
Conference Coverage
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...
Conference Coverage
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...
News
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.