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Mashup Score: 0What Are Social Determinants of Health and Why Should They Matter to an Orthopaedic Surgeon? - 6 hour(s) ago
Orthopaedic surgeons strive to improve postoperative outcomes. A patient with a medical condition that is optimized preoperatively is less likely to experience surgical complications1-3. However, an increasing body of literature…
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Mashup Score: 11The Microbial Revolution in the World of Joint Replacement Surgery - 16 hour(s) ago
The prevalence of revision surgery due to aseptic loosening and periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following total hip and knee arthroplasty is growing. Strategies to prevent the need for revision surgery…
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Mashup Score: 5Exertional Lower Extremity Pain in a Triathlete Caused by External Iliac Artery Endofibrosis - 23 hour(s) ago
This report describes a 25-year-old female professional triathlete with right external iliac artery endofibrosis (EIAE) that was definitively diagnosed on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance images obtained immediately after treadmill running. The…
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Mashup Score: 17Prevalence of Rotational Malalignment After Infrapatellar Versus Suprapatellar Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures - 1 day(s) ago
Up to 30% of patients with a tibial shaft fracture sustain iatrogenic rotational malalignment (RM) after infrapatellar (IP) nailing. Although IP nailing remains the management of choice for most patients,…
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Mashup Score: 25Bilateral Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in a Young Girl Treated With Chemotherapy - 2 day(s) ago
A 1-year-old girl was treated with chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation because of CD40 ligand deficiency. Four years later, she presented with pain in her right leg, diagnosed as…
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Mashup Score: 56What’s Important (Arts & Humanities): Plates and Screws May Fix My Bones and Titanium Should Never Hurt Me - 3 day(s) ago
Plates and screws may fix my bones and titanium should never hurt me.
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Mashup Score: 624-Year-Old Patient with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome Underwent Cementless Robotic Cruciate-Retaining TKA - 3 day(s) ago
A 24-year-old man with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) presented with severe knee osteoarthritis unresponsive to conservative measures. Owing to end-stage, debilitating arthritic symptoms, surgery was pursued. Careful preoperative, multidisciplinary planning/treatment included…
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Mashup Score: 53Early Formation of a Tenosynovial Retinacular Cyst Between A1 and A2 Pulleys After Open A1 Pulley Release - 3 day(s) ago
A 66-year-old woman presented with a left middle trigger finger and underwent a proximal annular pulley (A1) release. Four weeks later, she presented with a new mass in the same…
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Mashup Score: 4AOA Critical Issues Symposium: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Orthopaedic Surgery - 4 day(s) ago
In recent years, the medical field has recognized the pivotal role of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in enhancing patient care and addressing health-care disparities. Orthopaedic surgery has embraced these…
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Mashup Score: 43Unusual Presentation of Hip Pain in a Pregnant Woman Due to Bilateral Cervical Neck Stress Fractures - 4 day(s) ago
We present an unusual case of bilateral femoral neck fatigue fractures in a 28-year-old pregnant woman at the 18th week of gestation successfully treated through operative intervention involving consecutive total…
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