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EDITORIAL
Satellite Clinics—“Cherry Picking” in a Community Orthopedic Practice
Peter D. McCann, MD
Satellite clinics have long been a fact of orthopedic life, but the AAOS principles and codes do apply to some of the concerns they may raise for local practitioners and community hospitals.
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LEGAL UPDATE
Are You Being Bribed? Health Care Ethics and Compliance in the AdvaMed Code Era. Part II
Austin B. Byrd, Esq., and Melissa B. Tearney, Esq.
What every orthopedic surgeon needs to understand about
interactions with device manufacturers.
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Femoral Shaft Fractures: Is Rigid Intramedullary Nailing Safe for Adolescents?
Kathleen S. Beebe, MD, Sanjeev Sabharwal, MD, and Fred Behrens, MD
The risk-benefit ratios of various techniques for managing femoral shaft fractures in adolescents are discussed. Are the potential benefits of closed rigid IM nailing outweighed by the risk for serious and occasionally debilitating AVN, even in patients near skeletal maturity?
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Lumbar Degenerative Classification Study
Steven
D. Glassman, MD, Leah
Y. Carreon, MD, John
R. Dimar, MD, Mitchell
J. Campbell, MD, John
R. Johnson, MD, and
Rolando M. Puno, MD
The difficulties in classifying the indications for fusion are underscored in
this study. Dr. Glassman and his coauthors conclude that there is a need for
continuing refinement of nomenclature and classification.
Functional Capacity Before and After Simulated Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Fusion
Virginia
D. Thommen, MD, Murali
Moorthy, MD, Charles
Lane, MD, and Stephen
B. Schnall, MD
Is surgical fusion the best choice for thumb CMC arthritis? Dr. Thommen and colleagues
designed this study to determine the particular functional defects associated
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Intrauterine Vascular Deficiency Secondary to Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Deficiency: 2 Case Reports
D. Bradley Jones, MD, Gary M. Lourie, MD, and Allan E. Peljovich, MD
In these 2 infants with intravascular uterine deficiency,
the etiology was shown to be a condition not previously described as a cause.
A Carpometacarpal Joint Ganglion Cyst
Causing Median Neuropathy
Todd C. Battaglia, MD, MS, Michael E. Pannunzio, MD,
and Abhivan B. Chhabra, MD
Carpal tunnel syndrome was caused by a ganglion cyst arising from the second
carpometacarpal joint.
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Pectoralis Major Ruptures
CPT Benjamin K. Potter, MD, MAJ Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD,
and COL William C. Doukas, MD
These have become more common over the past 20 years with increasing participation
in competitive sports and weight lifting. When is conservative management appropriate? |
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