resurfacing

This week’s Orthopaedic Crossfire® debate tackles the sometimes contentious subject of patella resurfacing. Jess Lonner says it is rarely, if ever, necessary. Steven Haas finds a slew of meta studies that say otherwise. Who wins? You be the judge.

Johns Hopkins researchers are making it possible for patients to control fingers of a prosthetic limb in a way never before possible! Turns out that patients already taking opioids for pain fare better if non-opioid methods are used as well. And a team from the University of Missouri has found that a new biologic method of resurfacing a joint results in improved outcomes.

What is the #1 debated issue in TKA? USC’s Orthopedics Department Chair will tackle that and more at the upcoming Great Debates at AAOS. A new study shows that pain and function are improved when you freeze nerves prior to TKA. And alarming research finds that African-Americans with RA twice as likely to have atherosclerotic blood vessels (increasing the chances of heart attack, stroke or death).

Metal on Metal Hip Resurfacing—YES! It is an option for the right patient and surgeon. De Smet v. Dunbar dive into this very interesting, CCJR debate.