Orthopedics
Case Reports
Mild Grisel Syndrome: Expanding the Differential for Posttonsillectomy Adenoidectomy Symptoms
Serious, life-threatening complications can arise from Grisel syndrome while good functional outcomes can be achieved with timely and appropriate...
Commentary
Machine Learning: the Future of Total Knee Replacement
With more than 3 million TKRs expected over the next decade, machine learning, large databases usage, robotic surgery, and patient-reported...
Original Research
Naloxone Dispensing in Patients at Risk for Opioid Overdose After Total Knee Arthroplasty Within the Veterans Health Administration
This cohort study examined patients’ risk factors for opioid overdose and their association with naloxone prescribing among veterans undergoing...
Original Research
Evaluating the Impact of a Urinalysis to Reflex Culture Process Change in the Emergency Department at a Veterans Affairs Hospital
This quality improvement study examined the impact of a process change for automated urine cultures following urinalysis to determine whether it...
News
Dexamethasone effective as an analgesic adjuvant in total knee replacement
“We found patient-relevant reductions of morphine (20% down), pain, and adverse effects of nausea, dizziness, and sedation for 48 hours after...
Case Reports
Using Telehealth Rehabilitation Therapy to Treat a Finger Flexor Tendon Repair During COVID-19
Telehealth-assisted finger rehabilitat ion therapy demonstrated good functional results following repair of a zone 2 flexor tendon laceration.
Original Research
Review of Efficacy and Safety of Spinal Cord Stimulation in Veterans
A majority of veterans were satisfied with their experience using spinal cord stimulation to treat intractable pain and few experienced adverse...
Case Reports
Rotating Hinge Distal Femur Replacement: A Turn for the Worse
Preoperatively periprosthetic joint infection with a postoperative complication of 180° rotation of the press-fit femoral component is a rare...
News
Therapeutic aquatic exercise superior to physical therapy for back pain in study
Therapeutic aquatic exercise proved more beneficial than physical therapy in relieving symptoms and disability caused by chronic back pain.
News
Prevention program cuts likelihood, length of delirium in seniors after elective surgery
In subgroup analyses, the effect of the intervention was significant in patients undergoing orthopedic or abdominal surgery but not cardiac...