Recent research from the top orthopaedic journals — auto-curated from PubMed and refreshed throughout the day.
Chan AK, Park C, Shaffrey CI, et al
Post hoc analysis of prospectively-collected data. To identify factors predicting the most (and least) satisfaction following surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Patient satisfaction…
Sarıipek M, Seven OF, Yalçın AI, et al
Children with brachial plexus birth injury often rely on compensatory movements due to limited shoulder mobility. In clinical practice, the Modified Mallet Scale (MMS) is frequently used to assess…
Lali FHV, Raftery KA, Levy H, et al
Finite element (FE) analysis of retrospective clinical cohort. To determine whether preoperative CT-derived FE model outputs can improve subsidence prediction compared with conventional clinical…
Lamotte-Paulet P, Gourinchat M, Aleman C, et al
Retrospective register study. Determine when preoperative quality of life (QoL) declines in adult thoracolumbar/lumbar adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (TL/L-AIS) patients, analyze postoperative…
Zanesco L, de Medeiros Filho JF, Kiyomoto HD, et al
The Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) helps interpret whether changes in patient-reported outcomes reflect meaningful benefit. For adhesive capsulitis, an MCID for the University of…
Morriss N, Castle P, Greif DN, et al
Glenohumeral arthritis (GHA) decreases shoulder range of motion, yet the extent of glenohumeral motion loss and accompanying whole-body compensations are not well quantified. Eighty-six patients with…
Dunivan Q, Allen M, Caplan BE, et al
Rotator cuff repair (RCR) is one of the most common orthopedic procedures, yet 20%-40% of repairs fail structurally within two years, leading to pain, functional decline, and costly revision surgery.…
Bayer TP, Nolte AK, Panzram B, et al
Metal-free fixation methods, such as the all-suture cerclage technique for the Latarjet procedure, aim to minimize implant-related complications. Clinical studies suggest equivalent clinical results…
Ahmad MT, Sahgal GR, Tareen H, et al
Proximal humerus fractures (PHFs) are becoming more common, especially among older adults, and often require surgical management. Two widely used surgical techniques are intramedullary nailing (IMN)…
Rice SW, Flood MG, Iovanel G, et al
Distal humerus fractures (DHFs) in older adults can have significant clinical consequences. Prior mortality estimates are broad and confounded by concomitant injuries. The purpose of this study was…
Kriechling P, Scherer M, Hochreiter B, et al
Long-term data at 15 years following implantation of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) are very limited. The aim of this study was to analyze patients at a minimum of 15 years following rTSA…
Abudayeh A, Fishchenko I
Maheshwari S, Kumar V
Domenico C, Luca V, Javier P, et al
Cross-sectional reliability study. To propose and validate a novel biomechanical classification for high-grade spondylolisthesis (HGS) that incorporates compensatory mechanisms into the assessment of…
Shiraishi S, Takahara M, Mitachi R, et al
There are no reports addressing the treatment and outcomes of kissing osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the radiocapitellar joint. This study aimed to retrospectively investigate the outcomes of the…
Eilertsen L, Brekke IF, Haavardsholm E, et al
The Nexel total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) was introduced as an enhancement of the Coonrad-Morrey TEA, which through design modifications aimed to improve patient outcomes. However, high revision rates…
Den Hartog D, Nugteren LHT, Adolfsson LE, et al
It is undetermined whether the quality of surgical technique in a humeral shaft fracture (reduction and fixation) affects outcomes. The aim of this study was to score the quality of surgical…
Shinwari H, Mouyer Z, Butt A, et al
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal, evidence-based perioperative care framework designed to reduce surgical stress, optimize physiological function, and accelerate post-operative…
Gilat R, Johnson MC, Budin JS, et al
Corticosteroid injections (CSIs) are widely used for symptomatic relief in shoulder arthritis, yet concerns persist regarding their impact on post-operative outcomes following shoulder arthroplasty.…
Newton BN, Frampton CMA, Kejriwal R
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) has become increasingly common for inflammatory arthritis (IA) due to concerns regarding rotator cuff failure and glenoid loosening in anatomic total shoulder…
Boyle AB, Frampton C, Poon PC, et al
Common indications for total elbow arthroplasty include fracture, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Total elbow arthroplasty is increasingly being performed for fracture in the context of an…
Phillips T, Beleckas CM, Mousad A, et al
Revision shoulder arthroplasty in the setting of severe glenoid bone loss presents significant reconstructive challenges. The use of femoral head allograft (FHA) has emerged as a potential solution…
Tobin JG, Guareschi ME, Elwell JA, et al
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) has surpassed anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in popularity due to its superior outcomes in patients with rotator cuff deficiency and other complex…
Li H, Yuan Z, Tan J, et al
Reconstruction of bone defects after distal humeral tumor resection remains technically challenging because of the complex anatomy of the elbow and the need to preserve postoperative joint function.…
Smadi Z, McBee K, Irfan B, et al
Adhesive capsulitis, commonly known as frozen shoulder, is a fibro-inflammatory condition characterized by the gradual onset of pain and progressive restriction of shoulder motion, with evidence…
Sitsis SA, Henke RT, Northrop MA, et al
With the introduction of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) in the United States in 2004, the indications for TSA have expanded significantly, leading to a dramatic rise in primary and…
Nordlund E, Wenger D, Jacobsen ME, et al
Tension band wiring (TBW) is a widely used technique for displaced olecranon fractures but carries a substantial risk of complications, often due to technical errors. Despite being a designated core…
Loyd K, Greif DN, Dussik CM, et al
Rotator cuff tears (RCTs) are commonly repaired after failure of conservative management. Prior literature has demonstrated that racial disparities exist in surgical management of RCTs. There is…
Velasquez Garcia AR, Yang L, Nishikawa H, et al
Preoperative three-dimensional (3D) templating can improve surgical accuracy in anatomic-press-fit radial head arthroplasty (RHA). However, current imaging segmentation methods used for templating…
Smith AF, Park C, Wigmore E, et al
While two-dimensional methods quantify glenohumeral relationships, they are unable to capture three-dimensional anatomy and define the geometric relationship of the humeral head in the registry of…
Jetten EEJ, Janssen ERC, Hollman F, et al
Shoulder arthroplasty effectively treats various degenerative and traumatic shoulder conditions, but outcomes can be compromised by complications, limited mobility, and persistent pain. The impact of…
Yoon JP, Park SJ, Kim DH, et al
Rotator cuff (RC) repair often fails due to poor healing at the tendon-to-bone interface (TBI) and irreversible fatty infiltration (FI) of the muscle. GATA6 has emerged as a potential transcriptional…
Yoshida Y, Yoshida A
Fragment displacement is a key determinant of treatment strategy and functional outcomes in isolated greater tuberosity (GT) fractures. However, the relative contributions of fracture morphology and…
Fiandeiro M, Rizk AA, Levin JM, et al
Sleep disturbance is common among patients undergoing rotator cuff repair (RCR), yet the perioperative course of pain-related sleep disruption and the influence of behavioral factors are not well…
Kendirci AŞ, Atasoy İT, Albayrak MO, et al
Glenoid loosening remains a principal failure mode after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty. Cement pressurization improves fixation; however, the optimal timing of axial compression during…
Jeong HJ, Kim JY, Cho NS, et al
Despite the clinical importance of rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, standardized postoperative rehabilitation protocols are yet to be established. Therefore, this study aimed to…
Gressl M, Zendeli F, Fritz B, et al
Diagnosing simple valgus instability of the elbow currently involves time- and cost-intensive imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging or magnetic resonance arthrography. Previous…
Baumann AN, Trager RJ, Chatzis KD, et al
Retrospective single-center cohort study. To compare the predictive performance of the International Spine Study Group (ISSG)-Surgical Invasiveness Index (SII) and the European Spine Study Group…
Ueda T
Prospective cohort study. To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the head elevation test (HET), a novel bedside physical examination maneuver, for identifying vertebral compression fractures (VCFs)…
Narro Garcia F, Hurry J, McCarthy RE, et al
Retrospective cohort. Compare spinal growth guidance surgery (SpGG) and magnetically controlled growing rods (MCGR) outcomes in idiopathic early-onset scoliosis (i-EOS) using three-dimensional true…
Sevensky R, Sardar ZM, Hassan FM, et al
Retrospective, case-control study. To examine and compare preoperative and postoperative sagittal alignment between Scheuermann Kyphosis (SK) patients and an asymptomatic, normative population. SK is…
Dalton J, Olson J, Huang R, et al
Retrospective cohort. Evaluate the impact of age among patients undergoing PCDF grouped by decades of age. Cervical degenerative disease disproportionately affects the elderly and is often treated…
Schneider D, Brown EDL, Toscano D, et al
Cross-sectional study. This study aimed to analyze the failure patterns of expandable corpectomy cages. Expandable corpectomy cages offer significant advantages for anterior column reconstruction but…
Peregoff J, Anaspure OS, Moser A, et al
The effect of perioperative ketorolac use after posterior cervical decompression and fusion (PCDF) remains unclear with ongoing concern regarding NSAID-induced pseudoarthrosis. This study…
Park JS, Kang DH, Lee CS, et al
Retrospective study using prospectively collected data. To investigate the impact of the lordosis distribution index (LDI) on proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) and clinical outcomes in patients with…
Kaghazchi A, Karnati J, Ashraf A, et al
Zhang M, Deng L, Jia J, et al
An animal laboratory study. This study aimed to investigate the pathogenicity and survival of Cutibacterium acnes ( C. acnes ) in rat intervertebral discs (IVD) across different time periods. Since…
Chechik Y, Abuhasira S, Akler D, et al
To analyze the incidence, mechanisms, anatomic distribution, and clinical outcomes of combat-related spinal injuries during high-intensity modern warfare ("Swords of Iron War"). Combat-related spinal…
Striano BM, Ferrone ML, Holly KE, et al
Retrospective cohort. To assess survival among patients with spinal metastases from lung cancer treated over a time period that accounts for advances in immunotherapy and targeted treatments. The use…
Kim AH, Sulieman A, Durand WM, et al
Prospective, multicenter study. To compare and characterize complications in adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients with and without three-column osteotomy (3CO). Although 3CO is associated with…
Wang J
Bae HW, Coric D, Strenge KB, et al
Prospective, nonrandomized cohort analysis. To evaluate five-year outcomes of patients treated with a polyetheretherketone (PEEK)-on-ceramic cTDR device at two levels for radiculopathy and/or…
Sadh P, Kim J, Furlong C, et al
Systematic review and meta-analysis. To systematically evaluate the impact of perioperative vitamin D supplementation and bisphosphonate therapy on spinal fusion outcomes, patient-reported disability…
Loggia G, Soffin EM, Avrumova F, et al
Cadaveric validation study. To evaluate the accuracy of a structured four-step ultrasound (US)-guided workflow for lumbar spinal level identification (SLI) using cadaveric specimens. Despite the…
Hua K, LeVasseur C, Pitcairn S, et al
Prospective cohort study. To identify patient factors that predict changes in adjacent segment kinematics three years after ACDF. Approximately 25% of patients who undergo anterior cervical…
Cai J, Lu X, Zhang L
Huang Z, Xiaohong W, Zheng L, et al
Diagnostic accuracy study. To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a combined screening method for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), integrating scoliometer-based Angle of Trunk Rotation (ATR)…
Nagoshi N, Yamane J, Okubo T, et al
Multicenter, prospective cohort study. To compare the clinical outcomes of three posterior decompression techniques-open-door (OD) laminoplasty, double-door (DD) laminoplasty, and selective…
Diebo BG, Balmaceno-Criss M, Daher M, et al
Retrospective analysis of prospective data. Evaluate the impact of radiographic and morphologic configuration of the uppermost instrumented vertebrae (UIV) region on proximal junctional kyphosis…
Herczeg C, Dalton JF, Baidya J, et al
Retrospective chart review of a single institution's ACDF patients. To evaluate how depressive burden impacts outcomes after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Poor mental health is…
Agonias K, Knell G, Pacicca D, et al
To evaluate the incidence of clinically significant, early postoperative complications, and associated risk factors in pediatric isolated meniscus repairs from a multicenter prospective quality…
Ryan PM
Arthroscopic-assisted lower trapezius tendon transfer has emerged as a compelling joint-preserving solution for massive irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears, yet the field has lacked a…
Callaghan MJ, Felson DT, Holden MA, et al
To explore agreement between self-report and objectively measured adherence to brace wearing by patients with knee osteoarthritis. A single-arm observational analysis nested within the PROP OA…
Dirschl DR
Hartsock LA, Gross CE
Mosca M, Di Ponte M, Cassanelli E, et al
Osteochondral lesions of the talus are a frequent cause of ankle pain and functional limitation, particularly in physically active patients. The purpose of this prospective study was to assess…
Lucidi GA, Adravanti FM, Rossi C, et al
The present study aimed to assess return to sport (RTS) rate, activity level and return to work (RTW) in young, physically active patients who underwent isolated distal femoral osteotomy (DFO) for…
Aljuboori SM, Petersen J, Christensen R, et al
Obesity is a major risk factor for knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Bariatric surgery (BAS) effectively induces weight loss, but some of these patients subsequently require knee arthroplasty (KA) despite…
Hampstead W, Lovell R, Whalan M, et al
To identify and describe the biomechanical characteristics and football-specific contextual factors associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in professional women's football. A…
Wackerle AM, Vieider RP, Kadantsev P, et al
Simple elbow dislocation (SED) is characterized by injuries to soft tissue structures. The aim of the novel Munich Elbow Soft Tissue (MEST) classification is to provide a systematic approach to grade…
Patel R, Shultz C, Ollivier M, et al
The peer review system faces increasing strain from rising manuscript volumes, reviewer fatigue, and well-documented interreviewer disagreement. Large language models (LLMs) have shown potential to…
Allison A, Harrington J, Weaver B, et al
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury significantly increases the risk for developing knee osteoarthritis (OA), yet the early contributors to cartilage degeneration remain poorly understood. While…
Banerjee P, DiMartino SJ, Gao H, et al
Fasinumab is an investigational, fully-human, monoclonal antibody against nerve growth factor. Studies have shown that patients treated with fasinumab have statistically and clinically significant…
Wolski M, Podsiadlo P, Turkiewicz A, et al
To explore differences in trabecular bone (TB) texture with anatomical phases in the evolution of hand osteoarthritis (OA), and association of baseline TB texture with a progression to erosive OA…
Meyers M, Russo D, Zawel M, et al
Foot pain and symptoms affect 42% of pregnant women and extend beyond gestation, but the associations between foot morphology and these symptoms are not well understood. We sought to identify changes…
Sun X, Fei J
Henriksen M, Christensen R, Poulsen AS, et al
To test whether an intensive dietary weight loss program (IN) yields non-inferior symptom improvement vs. knee arthroplasty (KA) in people with knee osteoarthritis eligible for knee arthroplasty. A…
Bilog AMR, Shenouda M, Lam PH, et al
Higher retear rates after rotator cuff repair have been reported in older patients with large tears. Shear wave elastography (SWE) offers a noninvasive, objective way to assess tendon stiffness, yet…
Maman D, Steinfeld Y, Ginesin E, et al
Achilles tendon rupture is a rare but potentially career-altering injury in elite basketball athletes. Contemporary data specific to National Basketball Association (NBA) players are limited,…
Sonobe T, Yanagisawa S, Hagiwara K, et al
Revision meniscal repair may yield better postoperative outcomes than meniscectomy. Few studies concerning the postoperative results of revision meniscal repair are available. To evaluate the…