Reflections on a 10-year Collaboration
Joseph Zuckerman, MD NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases When I was approached by Exactech in 2003 to get involved in the development of the Equinoxe® shoulder arthroplasty system, little did…
Optimizing Polyethylene Materials to the Application: When it Comes to Manufacturing Methods, Hips are Not Knees
Gary Miller, PhD Exactech, Inc. Polyethylene for joint arthroplasty inserts is manufactured in one of three ways. One very common method is to extrude ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) powder…
Deltopectoal, Superolateral or Rotator Cuff Sparing? Soft-Tissue Considerations Associated with TSA Approaches
Robert Fullick, MD and David Doherty, MD Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Advances in shoulder arthroplasty have led to increased interest with more than 50,000 surgeries performed yearly in the United…
Does Direct Anterior Approach Require a Specialized Table? How to Perform this Cost-Effective Approach without Additional Equipment
Barton Harris, MD OrthoVirginia The direct anterior approach for total hip arthroplasty has been gaining favor with surgeons and patients alike in the last several years. A true internervous approach,…
The Effect of Posterior Tibial Slope on the Kinematics of PCL-retaining TKA: A Pilot Study Using a Novel, Soft-tissue Preserving Test Method
Jean-Yves Jenny, MD Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg Michael B. Cross, MD Hospital for Special Surgery Introduction Abnormal knee kinematics have been found in fluoroscopy studies after total knee arthroplasty (TKA)1,…
Data in Brief: Treating Infected Joints
LOW-DOSE GENTAMICIN-LOADED SPACERS ARE EFFECTIVE FOR TWO-STAGE REVISION Romano CL, Drago L, Logoluso N. Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS). 2013 July 30. SUMMARY Peri-prosthetic infection is among the most common reason…
Literature Review: Observations on Proximal Humerus Fractures
Gregory Gilot, MD Cleveland Clinic Florida LOCKING PLATE FIXATION OF FRACTURES OF THEPROXIMAL HUMERUS: ANALYSIS OF COMPLICATIONS,REVISION STRATEGIES AND OUTCOMES TO REVIEW IS TO OPINE It appears that the large majority…
Shoulder Arthroplasty: The Next 10 Years
Moby Parsons, MD Seacoast Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Arthroplasty remains an incredible intervention for patients with degenerative joint and tendon disease for which there is yet no biological solution. Although…