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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors recently approved Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for treatment and rehabilitation of elderly patients with hip fractures, in addition to postoperative direction to help prevent fractures from recurring.

A low-intensity combined patient and doctor intervention may help to improve physical function and physical activity for patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis. The research is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Background: Calcaneal fractures are associated with substantial morbidity and socioeconomic impact, frequently leading to limited functional outcome and high economic costs. The Oxford foot model (OFM) has been reported as a valid addition to the biomechanical examination of the foot.

Background: The optimal surgery for reducing pressure under the second metatarsal head to treat metatarsalgia is unknown. We tested our hypothesis that a proximal oblique dorsiflexion osteotomy of the second metatarsal would decrease second-metatarsal plantar pressures in a cadaver model with varyin...

Background: Rotational ankle fractures often have unstable syndesmotic injuries that require reduction and stabilization. Multiple studies have focused on methods to assess syndesmotic reduction; however, the clinical importance of anatomic syndesmotic reduction remains unclear.

Purpose To report a series of 6 radiocarpal avulsion amputations in 5 patients.

Abstract ¤' Periprosthetic elbow infections rarely involve systemic symptoms such as fever or malaise. ¤' Unlike tests for periprosthetic hip...

Purpose To describe our institution s experience with complications following partial and total wrist arthroplasty (TWA).

Purpose To describe clinically apparent motor and sensory deficits in a cohort of 11 patients with isolated injury of the median nerve above the elbow and compare them against similar cases reported in the literature.

Purpose To report on union rates and times for a cohort of acute nondisplaced or minimally displaced proximal pole fractures evaluated with serial computed tomography (CT) scans.