Background The relationship between pain catastrophizing and emotional disorders including
anxiety and depression in osteoarthritic patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) …

Three-dimensional printing (3DP) has become more frequently used in surgical specialties
in recent years. These uses include pre-operative planning, patient-specific instrumentation (…

Background: Postoperative antibiotic prophylaxis is currently the standard of care for patients
undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty. We evaluated the evidence for this practice in …

Background Excision of bone tumors and endoprosthetic reconstruction allow patients early
weightbearing and a potential functional advantage compared with amputation. These …

Background: The inferior glenohumeral ligament, the most important static anterior stabilizer
of the shoulder, becomes disrupted in humeral avulsion of the glenohumeral ligament (…

Background COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on medical education. Due to concerns
of the virus spreading through gatherings of health professionals, in-person conferences …

Study Design. Systematic review and meta-analysis. Objective. To determine a pooled incidence
rate for deep surgical site infection (SSI) and compare available evidence for deep SSI …

Background Platform shoulder arthroplasty systems may allow conversion to a reverse total
shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) without removing a well-fixed, well-positioned humeral stem. …

Results: We enrolled 38 Crohn's disease patients using opioids and 62 patients not using
opioids. Patients using opioids had an increased duration of disease (median 18.5 vs. 9 years, …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) is a debilitating
condition associated with poor preoperative functional status. Surgical intervention has been …