The April 2014 Knee Roundup360 looks at: mobile compression as good as chemical thromboprophylaxis; patellar injury with MIS knee surgery; tibial plateau fracture results not as good as we thought; back and knee pain; metaphyseal sleeves may be the answer in revision knee replacement; oral tranexamic acid; gentamycin alone in antibiotic spacers; and whether the jury is still out on unloader braces.
The October 2014 Wrist &
Hand Roundup360 looks at: pulsed electromagnetic field of no use in acute scaphoid fractures; proximal interphalangeal joint replacement: one at a time or both at once; trapeziometacarpal arthrodesis in the young patient; Tamoxifen and Dupytren’s disease; and endoscopic or open for de Quervain’s syndrome?
The October 2013 Shoulder &
Elbow Roundup360 looks at: Deltoid impairment not necessarily a contra-indication for shoulder arthroplasty; The tricky radiograph; Not so asymptomatic cuff tears; Total shoulder arthroplasty: kinder on the glenoid; Barbotage for calcific tendonitis; What happens to the arthritic glenoid?; Two screws a screw too few?; Sloppy hinge best for elbow arthroplasty.
The December 2012 Research Roundup360 looks at: whether the rheumatoid factor is just a ‘quick test’; osteonecrosis in smokers; pasteurisation effect on bone reconstruction; venous thromboembolism risk in rheumatoids; whether stem cells reverse age-related osteopenia; the effect of running on rat knees; rapid fracture healing in rats with ultrasound; magnetic stem cells; and the safety of surgery.