The October 2012 Hip &
Pelvis Roundup. 360. looks at: diagnosing the infected hip replacement; whether tranexamic acid has a low complication rate; the relationship between poor cementing technique and early failure of resurfacing; debridement and retention for the infected replacement; triple-tapered stems and
The April 2015 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: Non-operative hand fracture management; From the sublime to the ridiculous?; A novel approach to carpal tunnel decompression; Osteoporosis and functional scores in the distal radius; Ulnar variance and force distribution; Tourniquets in carpal tunnel under the spotlight; Scaphoid fractures reclassified; Osteoporosis and distal radial fracture fixation; PROMISing results in the upper limb
The February 2014 Hip &
Pelvis Roundup360 looks at: length of stay; cementless metaphyseal fixation; mortality trends in over 400,000 total hip replacements; antibiotics in hip fracture surgery; blood supply to the femoral head after dislocation; resurfacing and THR in metal-on-metal replacement; diabetes and hip replacement; bone remodelling over two decades following hip replacement; and whether bisphosphonates affect acetabular fixation.
The December 2013 Research Roundup360 looks at: Inflammation implicated in FAI; Ponseti and effective teaching; Unicompartmental knee design and tibial strain; Bisphosphonates and fracture healing; Antibiosis in cement; Zoledronic acid improves primary stability in revision?; Osteoporotic fractures revisited; and electroarthrography for monitoring of cartilage degeneration
The December 2012 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: the imaging of scaphoid fractures; splinting to help Dupuytren’s disease; quality of life after nerve transfers; early failure of Moje thumbs; electra CMCJ arthroplasty; proximal interphalangeal joint replacement; pronator quadratus repair in distal radius fractures; and osteoporosis and wrist fractures.
The June 2015 Research Roundup360 looks at: Tranexamic acid: just give it – it’s not important how!; The anterolateral ligament re-examined; Warfarin a poor post-operative agent; Passive exoskeleton the orthosis of the future?; Musculoskeletal medicine: a dark art to UK medical students?; Alendronic acid and bone density post arthroplasty; Apples with oranges? Knee functional scores revisited
The June 2012 Knee Roundup360 looks at: ACI and mosaicplasty; ACI after microfracture; exercise therapy and the degenerate medial meniscal tear; intra-articular bupivacaine or ropivacaine at knee arthroscopy; lateral trochlear inclination and patellofemoral osteoarthritis; bone loss and ACL reconstruction; assessing stability using the contralateral knee; tranexamic acid and a useful review of knee replacement.
The August 2014 Trauma Roundup360 looks at: On-table CT for calcaneal fractures; timing of femoral fracture surgery and outcomes; salvage arthroplasty for failed internal fixation of the femoral neck; screw insertion in osteoporotic bone; fibular intramedullary nailing on the ascendant; posterior wall acetabular fractures not all that innocent; bugs, plating and resistance and improving outcomes in olecranon tension band wiring.
The October 2013 Children’s orthopaedics Roundup360 looks at: Half a century of Pavlik treatment; Step away from the child!: trends in fracture management; Posterolateral rotatory elbow instability in children; Osteochondral lesions undiagnosed in patellar dislocations; Oral bisphosphonates in osteogenesis imperfecta; Crossed or parallel pins in supracondylar fractures?; Not too late nor too early: getting epiphysiodesis right; Fixation of supramalleolar osteotomies.
The June 2013 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: whether size is a limitation; cancellous bone grafting in scaphoid nonunion; the Kienböck’s dichotomy; late displacement of the distal radius; flexor slide for finger contracture; aesthetic syndactyly; flexor tendon repair; and fixation of trapeziometacarpal cups.
The June 2013 Hip &
Pelvis Roundup360 looks at: failure in metal-on-metal arthroplasty; minimal hip approaches; whether bisphosphonates improve femoral bone stock following arthroplasty; whether more fat means more operative time; surgical infection; vascularised fibular graft for osteonecrosis; subclinical SUFE; and dentists, hips and antibiotics.