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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Polyethylene Loaded With Dual Analgesics Has Synergistic Effects Against Staphylococci
Dmitry Gil, PhD, Ebru Oral, PhD, and colleagues showed ultra–high-molecular-weight polyethylene loaded with bupivacaine and tolfenamic acid had synergistic effects against Staphylococci, suggesting the material could provide not just post-arthroplasty pain relief but also short-term antibacterial prophylaxis.
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Revision ACL Reconstruction With Concomitant Femoral Tunnel Bone-Dowel Allograft Grafting
Courtesy of AAOS Orthopaedic Video Theater, Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine surgeon Peter Asnis, MD, performs a femoral tunnel bone-dowel allograft grafting during a revision ACL reconstruction.
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Dynamic Ultrasound Can Accurately Quantify Severity of Medial Knee Injury: A Cadaveric Study
Rohan Bhimani, MD, MBA, Miho J. Tanaka, MD, PhD, and colleagues found in a cadaveric study that measuring the medial tibiofemoral distance with portable ultrasound can accurately distinguish between stable and unstable medial collateral ligament (MCL) knee injuries.
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Neighborhood Vulnerability Index Identifies Spine Clinic Patients With Limited Health Literacy
Amanda Lans, MD, MS, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS, and colleagues found that the Area Deprivation Index, which reflects 17 sociodemographic categories and can be derived from an individual patient's address, identified spine clinic patients at higher risk of having limited health literacy.
Orthopaedics Contributors
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Christopher M. Bono, MD
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Program Director, Harvard Orthopaedic Residency Program (HCORP), Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Two Mass General Research Groups Share Resources, Lab Space and a Vision for the Future
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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
Two Mass General Research Groups Share Resources, Lab Space and a Vision for the Future
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Jon Warner, MD
Co-Chief, Shoulder Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Review: Muscle Tendon Transfers Around the Shoulder
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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
Neighborhood Vulnerability Index Identifies Spine Clinic Patients With Limited Health Literacy
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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, PhD
Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Surgeon, Director, Women's Sports Medicine Program
Recent Article
Dynamic Ultrasound Can Accurately Quantify Severity of Medial Knee Injury: A Cadaveric Study
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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
Sex Differences Evident in Utilization, Perioperative Outcomes of Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
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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
Surgery Linked to Better Odds of Neurologic Improvement in Gunshot-induced Spinal Injuries
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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
Two-Stage Revision TJA as Salvage for Deep Infection of Periarticular Fracture Internal Fixation
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.