June 09, 2026

Lower BMI, Lower Joint Replacement Risk?

Researchers urge caution in interpreting joint replacement predictors, noting that surgery reflects access and decision-making as well as disease biology.

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June 09, 2026

Mechanical TKA Alignment Has Most Data

Personalized alignment strategies have not yet accumulated comparable long-term survivorship evidence.

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June 08, 2026

Surgeons Describe Rescue Barriers

Interviews with surgeons linked rescue failures to hierarchy, self-reliance, communication barriers, and system pressures.

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June 03, 2026

Surgeon Sleep Timing Tied to Risk

Severe social jet lag among surgeons was associated with higher rates of major adverse events, independent of sleep duration, workload, and patient risk.

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June 01, 2026

CAA Use Tied to Higher Arthroplasty Risk

In a UK cohort, patients with osteoarthritis who initiated centrally acting analgesics had a higher hazard of knee or hip replacement than those who initiated SSRIs, though residual confounding by pain severity remains a key limitation.

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May 28, 2026

Antibiotic Falls Short in Disc-Related Back Pain

A randomized trial found no greater pain reduction vs placebo, but questions remain about patients with type 1 Modic changes.

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May 28, 2026

Surgery May Improve Outcomes in Arm Fractures

Swedish registry analysis linked surgical treatment with better patient-reported function in comminuted intra-articular distal radius fractures, while other fracture patterns showed limited benefit.

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May 27, 2026

Postop Pain Differs by Vitamin D Status

Patients with preoperative vitamin D deficiency had higher postoperative pain scores and opioid use after mastectomy, including more than triple the odds of moderate to severe pain within 24 hours of surgery.

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May 22, 2026

Gender Bias Found in Regional Surgery Survey

Women surgeons were more often perceived as targets of workplace discrimination despite similar perceived clinical judgment and surgical skill.

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May 22, 2026

Rotary Tiller Knee Dislocations Reconstructed

Two cases highlight emergency reduction, vascular assessment, single-stage reconstruction, and rehabilitation following rare agricultural injuries

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