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Patient, Procedure Factors May Predict Surgical Site Infection Risk After TJA
The use of an artificial neural network model identified Charlson comorbidity index and smoking status as the strongest predictors of surgical site infection after total joint arthroplasty.
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Spinal Anesthesia Is a Viable Option for Revision THA in Selected Patients
When spinal anesthesia was administered during revision total hip arthroplasty, perioperative blood loss, inhospital complications and length of stay were significantly lower than in a propensity-matched cohort that received general anesthesia.
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Novel Model for Evaluation of Pain Treatments for Long-Bone Fracture
Massachusetts General Hospital orthopedic surgeons have developed a rat model in which gait and weightbearing are markers of recovery after repair of tibia fracture. Their long-term aim is to use the model to compare locally non-opioid analgesics to current pain management methods for long-bone fracture.
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Inferior Screw Placement Drastically Improves Revision THA Outcomes
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have determined that inferior screw fixation drastically reduces failure after revision total hip arthroplasty.
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Multidimensional Imaging Expands Clinical Understanding of Trochlear Dysplasia and Patellar Instability
In this video from Orthopedics Today, sports medicine orthopedic surgeon Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, describes how three- and four-dimensional imaging technology is advancing clinical understandings of knee conditions such as trochlear dysplasia and patellar instability.
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Machine Learning Models Identify Patients at High Risk of Prolonged Hospital Stay After Primary THA
Tony Lin-Wei Chen, MD, PhD, Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the Bioengineering Lab developed accurate machine learning models that identify patients at high risk of prolonged hospitalization after primary total hip arthroplasty, pinpointing risk factors that can be optimized preoperatively.
Hip and Knee Contributors
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Hany S. Bedair, MD
Chief, Center for Hip & Knee Replacement, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, MGH/NWH Kaplan Joint Center at NWH, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Inferior Screw Placement Drastically Improves Revision THA Outcomes -
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 -
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
Machine Learning Models Identify Patients at High Risk of Prolonged Hospital Stay After Primary THA