OrthoJOE

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by Special Guest Charles (Mac) Evarts, MD, FAOA (former CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center, Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean of the College of Medicine at The Pennsylvania State University, and Past President of the AOA, Hip Society, and ABOS) in a discussion of the “secret sauce” of leadership of individuals, departments, and institutions, with an emphasis on grit and perseverance.     Links:   None    Subspecialties:  Education and Training  Orthopaedic Essentials 

In this episode, Marc and Mo discuss the most impactful JBJS and OE articles from 2023 and make their predictions for important research themes in 2024.    Links:  OrthoEvidence. Operative vs Nonoperative Treatment for Proximal Humeral Fractures: A Meta-Analysis. ACE Report. 2023;303(5):9. Available from: https://bit.ly/3sQz90I  OrthoEvidence. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy vs Anterior Cervical Discectomy w/ Fusion for Cervical Radiculopathy. ACE Report. 2023;303(3):2. Available from: https://bit.ly/3RcmZZJ  OrthoEvidence. Total Ankle Replacement Versus Arthrodesis for End-Stage Ankle Osteoarthritis. ACE Report. 2023;303(2):9. Available from: https://bit.ly/3R76iP7  Ueyama H, Kanemoto N, Minoda Y, Taniguchi Y, Nakamura H. Perioperative Essential Amino Acid Supplementation Facilitates Quadriceps Muscle Strength and Volume Recovery After TKA: A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Mar 1;105(5):345-353. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.22.00675. Epub 2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36856692. https://bit.ly/3QRQ37f  OrthoEvidence. Aspirin vs. Enoxaparin for Preventing Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hip or Knee Arthroplasty. ACE Report. OrthoEvidence. Ultrasonography vs. Radiography for Suspected Pediatric Distal Forearm Fractures: The BUCKLED Trial. ACE Report. 2023;303(8):1. Available from: https://bit.ly/46miikl  Goswami K, Clarkson S, Tipton C, Phillips CD, Dennis DA, Klatt BA, O'Malley M, Smith EL, Gililland J, Pelt CE, Peters CL, Malkani AL, Palumbo BT, Lyons ST, Bernasek TL, Minter J, Goyal N, Purtill W, McDonald JF 3rd, Cross MB, Prieto HA, Lee GC, Hansen EN, Bini SA, Ward DT, Zhao N, Shohat N, Higuera CA, Nam D, Della Valle CJ, Parvizi J; Orthopedic Genomics Workgroup. The Microbiome of Osteoarthritic Hip and Knee Joints: A Prospective Multicenter Investigation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 May 16. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.22.00594. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37192280. https://bit.ly/3SMof6W  Cortez A, Urva M, Subramanian A, Jackson NJ, Zirkle L, Morshed S, Shearer DW. Delays in Debridement of Open Femoral and Tibial Fractures Increase Risk of Infection. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Oct 18;105(20):1622-1629. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00074. Epub 2023 Aug 24. PMID: 37616420; PMCID: PMC10592141. https://bit.ly/40OBsOm    Subspecialties:  Foot & Ankle  Hip  Knee  Orthopaedic Essentials  Spine  Trauma 

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Jason Busse (Professor, Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University; Canada Research Chair) to discuss his recent BMJ systematic review and network meta-analysis on chronic non-cancer spine pain, with an emphasis on the relative benefits of interventional vs. sham procedures.    Links:   Wang X, Martin G, Sadeghirad B, Chang Y, Florez ID, Couban RJ, Mehrabi F, Crandon HN, Esfahani MA, Sivananthan L, Sengupta N, Kum E, Rathod P, Yao L, Morsi RZ, Genevay S, Buckley N, Guyatt GH, Rampersaud YR, Standaert CJ, Agoritsas T, Busse JW. Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ. 2025 Feb 19;388:e079971. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079971. PMID: 39971346. https://bit.ly/3FR2Jth     Subspecialties:  Orthopaedic Essentials  Pain Management  Spine 

In this bonus episode, from the JBJS OrthoCorps audio archive, Paul D. Sponseller, MD, interviews Bruce E. Fredrickson, MD, about the backstory of Dr. Fredrickson's landmark paper, "The Natural History of Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis," and its 45-year follow-up study.    Links:  Swiontkowski M. Introducing JBJS OrthoCorps: An Online Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2023 Mar 8. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00222. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36888940. https://bit.ly/42PUnZZ  JBJS OrthoCorps: https://bit.ly/3lTBaG5  OrthoCorps submission guidelines: https://bit.ly/4dD2sqr     Subspecialties:  Spine  Pediatrics 

In this episode, Mo and Marc discuss the “research waste” associated with unpublished clinical trial results and emphasize the importance—to both patients and the research community—of reporting the findings of all such trials, even those with negative results. The episode concludes by urging listeners to “send us your negative trials!”    Links:   OrthoEvidence. Research Waste: The Problem of Unpublished Research. OE Insights. 2024;():. Available from: https://bit.ly/41DJGLs    Subspecialties:  Ethics  Foot & Ankle  Hand & Wrist  Hip  Infection  Knee  Oncology  Orthopaedic Essentials  Pain Management  Rehabilitation  Pediatrics  Spine  Shoulder  Elbow  Sports Medicine  Trauma