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Fact or Fiction: Is Orthopedic Follow-Up Worse for Patients Who Sustain Penetrating Trauma?
There is a paucity of literature on how mechanism of injury may be associated with patient retention. Failure to attend outpatient clinics is a...
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Impact of a Musculoskeletal Clerkship on Orthopedic Surgery Applicant Diversity
As the United States becomes increasingly diverse, with predictions that by 2045 minorities will comprise 50% or more of the population,1 the...
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Direct-to-Consumer Marketing: Implications for Patient Care and Orthopedic Education
Direct-to-consumer marketing (DTCM) is the promotion of health-related products or services directly to patients. Although this topic is not new...
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Up in Arms: Bilateral Luxatio Erecta Fracture-Dislocations
Unilateral inferior shoulder dislocation (luxatio erecta) is uncommon, accounting for only 0.5% of all shoulder dislocations. Bilateral luxatio...
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High-Grade Articular, Bursal, and Intratendinous Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears: A Retrospective Study Comparing Functional Outcomes After Completion and Repair
The Ellman1 classification of partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (PTRCTs) is based on tear location or subtype (A, articular; B, bursal; C,...
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Historical Patterns and Variation in Treatment of Injuries in NFL (National Football League) Players and NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I Football Players
Among National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team physicians, there is no consensus on the management...
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Thigh Injuries in American Football
American football has the highest injury rate of any team sport in the United States at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels....
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Cutaneous Artifactual Disease Represented as Recurrent Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
To the Editor:Lyell1 coined the term cutaneous artifactual disease to describe the spectrum of factitious disorders associated with skin...
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Back to Basics: The Role of the Team Physician
Robin West, MD Dr. West is a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of this journal; Chairman, Inova Sports Medicine, Fairfax, Virginia; Lead Team Physician,...
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Exertional Heat Stroke and American Football: What the Team Physician Needs to Know
Jillian E. Sylvester, MD, Luke N. Belval, MS, ATC, CSCS, Douglas J. Casa, PhD, ATC, FNATA, FACSM, and Francis G. O’Connor, MD, MPHFootball, one of...
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Foot and Ankle Injuries in American Football
Foot and ankle injuries are common in American football, with injury rates significantly increasing over the past decade. Epidemiologic studies of...
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Knee Injuries in American Football: An Epidemiological Review
Football is one of the most popular sports in the United States. Every year more than 1 million high school males and over 60,000 collegiate males...
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Medical Issues in American Football: Eyes, Teeth, and Skin
Orthopedic conditions are only one of the many medical issues football team physicians may face. In this review, we cover the management of a few...
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Surgical Pearls in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Lifetime of Lessons Learned
After over 4 decades of experience with total knee arthroplasty (TKA), I have learned many lessons regarding surgical technique. These include...
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Collagen Meniscus Implant
The number of patients undergoing arthroscopic partial meniscectomy has continued to increase. However, this is potentially not a benign procedure...