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Featured
Trial Without Error: Using 3D Planning for Shoulder Replacement
Three-dimensional planning software may improve outcomes for shoulder arthroplasty. A new technology allows surgeons to install the prosthetic joint with greater foresight and precision.
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Featured
Preserving the Chondrolabral Junction
New techniques for treating femoral acetabular impingement include contouring bone growths and stem cell treatment to promote post-arthroscopic healing.
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MRI Prior to Conservative Therapy Often Unnecessary for Atraumatic Shoulder Pain
For most patients presenting with atraumatic shoulder pain and minimal strength deficits, MRI before a trial of conservative therapy is a substantial unnecessary cost because it does not influence management.
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Affected Elbow Sites May Be Suitable Graft Sources for Treatment of Capitellar Osteochondritis Dissecans
Mass General researchers have laid the foundation for harvesting tissue from the ipsilateral elbow, rather than an asymptomatic knee or a rib, when performing osteochrondral autologous transplantation to treat capitellar osteochondritis dissecans.
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Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury Is a Heterogeneous Entity
Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament can manifest with a variety of possible injury characteristics, and there is a high incidence of chronic attritional damage.
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Arthroscopically Assisted Core Decompression for Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head Should Focus on Early Stages
According to the longest retrospective study to date, arthroscopically assisted core decompression is a durable surgical approach for Ficat–Arlet stage I and stage IIa osteonecrosis of the femoral head.
Sports Medicine contributors
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Jon Warner, MD
Chief, Shoulder Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co-director, Harvard Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Capsular Reconstruction and Tendon Transfers Have Comparable Patient-Reported Outcomes
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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
MRI Prior to Conservative Therapy Often Unnecessary for Atraumatic Shoulder Pain
Orthopaedic Care at Mass General
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