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Limited-Incision Knotless Achilles Tendon Repair
The incidence of midsubstance Achilles tendon ruptures is increasing in patients 30 years to 50 years of age, and more than 50% of these injuries...
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Total Knee Arthroplasty With Retained Tibial Implants: The Role of Minimally Invasive Hardware Removal
The patient is positioned on a radiolucent table, and a mobile fluoroscopy unit is available. A tourniquet is applied to the upper thigh but...
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Robotic Technology Produces More Conservative Tibial Resection Than Conventional Techniques in UKA
Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is considered a less invasive approach for the treatment of unicompartmental knee arthritis when compared...
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An Overview of the History of Orthopedic Surgery
The modern term orthopedics stems from the older word orthopedia, which was the title of a book published in 1741 by Nicholas Andry, a...
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Tibial Tubercle Fracture After Bone–Patellar Tendon–Bone Autograft
A fracture occurring after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is rare, and rarer still when it involves the harvest site of a bone—...
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Instability After Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Which Patients Dislocate?
Risk factors for dislocation after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RTSA) are not clearly defined. Prosthetic dislocation can result in poor...
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Surgical Simulation in Orthopedic Surgery Residency
The training model for orthopedic resident education has been transformed. Surgeon factors, patient expectations, financial and legal concerns,...
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Arthroscopic Transosseous and Transosseous-Equivalent Rotator Cuff Repair: An Analysis of Cost, Operative Time, and Clinical Outcomes
The rate of medical visits for rotator cuff pathology and the US incidence of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (RCR) have increased...
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Application of Amniotic Tissue in Orthopedic Surgery
The amniotic membrane is a multilayer tissue forming the innermost layer of the amniotic sac that surrounds the developing fetus. It is comprised...
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Why Do Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasties Fail Today?
In 1975, Skolnick and colleagues1 introduced unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) for patients with isolated unicompartmental osteoarthritis (...
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Allografts for Ligament Reconstruction: Where Are We Now?
Musculoskeletal allografts are becoming increasingly accepted as a viable alternative to autografts in a variety of orthopedic procedures. A 2006...
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Preservation of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Surgical Techniques
In the first part of this series, “Preservation of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: A Treatment Algorithm Based on Tear Location and Tissue Quality...