Specialty Orthopaedics
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Featured
Improving Workplace Culture for Women in Orthopedics
Arianna Gianakos, DO, a foot and ankle fellow in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, leads efforts to improve workplace culture for women in orthopedics and beyond.
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Featured
New 3D Bioprinting Technique Makes Functional Articular Cartilage
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers are using a novel approach—direct-volumetric drop-on-demand (DVDOD) technology—to three-dimensional (3D) bioprint healthy articular cartilage.
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Weight-bearing CT Detects Subtle Syndesmotic Instability in Presence of Fibular Fracture
Rohan Bhimani, MD, MBA, Daniel Guss, MD, MBA, and colleagues in the Foot and Ankle Research and Innovation Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital found that, even in the presence of a Weber B lateral malleolar ankle fracture, weight-bearing CT is still able to distinguish a stable from an unstable syndesmosis.
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Predictive Utility of Natural Language Processing Algorithms for Posterior Lumbar Fusion Patients
Aditya V. Karhade, MD, MBA, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, and colleagues found free-text discharge summary notes have the greatest utility in a natural language processing algorithm for predicting the risk of readmission after posterior lumbar fusion. Progress notes had the least utility.
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Novel Arthroscopic Surgery Promising for Treatment of Scapulothoracic Abnormal Motion
Bassem T. Elhassan, MD, co-chief of the Shoulder Service, and colleagues say combining scapulopexy with arthroscopic pectoralis minor release is a promising surgical option for patients who have refractory scapulothoracic abnormal motion secondary to pectoralis minor hyperactivity and serratus anterior hypoactivity.
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Bone Marrow Aspirate Promising for Treating Hip Arthroscopy
Scott D. Martin, MD, and colleagues report significant improvement in short-term improvement on International Hip Outcome Tool–33 and other measures for 50 patients who had full-thickness chondral flaps preserved with bone marrow aspirate concentrate during hip arthroscopy, compared to 31 treated with microfracture.
Orthopaedics Contributors
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Christopher M. Bono, MD
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director, MGH/BWH Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship Program, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Value-based Health Care: Positioning Spine Surgery Centers for Success
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Christopher W. DiGiovanni, MD
Chief, Foot & Ankle Service and Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs, Team Physician, Boston College Athletics; Consultant Team Physician, U.S. Ski Team, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Weight-bearing CT Detects Subtle Syndesmotic Instability in Presence of Fibular Fracture
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Jon Warner, MD
Co-Chief, Shoulder Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-Director, Harvard Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Outpatient Shoulder Arthroplasty Is Safe, Effective and Cheaper Than Inpatient Surgery
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Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Director, Spine Oncology & Co-Director, Stephen L. Harris Chordoma Center, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Predictive Utility of Natural Language Processing Algorithms for Posterior Lumbar Fusion Patients
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Kevin Andrew Raskin, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Program Director, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Nutritional, Physiological Factors Affect Wound Infection After Surgery for Lower-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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Miho J. Tanaka, MD
Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon, Director, Women's Sports Medicine Program
Recent Article
The Women's Sports Medicine Clinic: A Personalized Approach to Return-to-Play
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Scott Martin, MD
Director, Joint Preservation Service, Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Bone Marrow Aspirate Promising for Treating Hip Arthroscopy
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Stuart H. Hershman, MD
Director, Adult Spinal Deformity & Spinal Reconstruction, Site Director, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Osteoporosis Is Underrecognized, Undertreated Among Adults with Spinal Deformity Undergoing Long Fusion
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Thomas D. Cha, MD, MBA
Director, MGH/BWH Orthopaedic Spine Surgery Fellowship Program, Assistant Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Upper and Lower Cervical Spine Regions Move Differently During Head Rotation
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Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Program Director, Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Tourniquet-less Revision TKA a Viable Option for Selected Patients
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
At Mass General, our world-class physicians and surgeons treat the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions throughout the body, from sprains and strains on the athletic field to carpal tunnel syndrome. Our team offers innovative, research-based treatments that range from limb-saving oncological procedures to complex spinal reconstruction.