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Femoral Neck Fractures in Younger Patients, with special guest Brad Petrisor May 07, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Mo and Marc discuss are joined by special guest Brad Petrisor, MD, FRCRC (Professor Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University) to discuss femoral neck fractures in younger patients, with a focus on the question of which outcomes really matter?

Links:

Wagner BC, Oliver WM, Bell KR, Scott CEH, Keating JF, White TO, Clement ND, Duckworth AD. Outcomes for Younger Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 2;107(7):678-686. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.00582. Epub 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39715295; PMCID: PMC11949204. https://bit.ly/4ikAfWs

Slobogean G. Can We Improve the Results of Internal Fixation?: Commentary on an article by Boris C. Wagner, BMedSci(Hons), MBChB, et al.: "Outcomes for Younger Patients with Femoral Neck Fractures". J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 2;107(7):e29. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.25.00033. Epub 2025 Apr 2. PMID: 40172566. https://bit.ly/4jfeFE2

Subspecialties:

Orthopaedic Essentials

Trauma

Chronic Non-Cancer Spine Pain, with Special Guest Jason Busse Apr 23, 2025

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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

Bonus Episode! JBJS OrthoCorps: An Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community (Part 20) Apr 16, 2025

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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

The Problem of “Research Waste” in the Form of Unpublished Clinical Trials Apr 09, 2025

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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

Infection

Knee

Oncology

Orthopaedic Essentials

Pain Management

Rehabilitation

Pediatrics

Spine

Shoulder

Elbow

Sports Medicine

Trauma

Health Equity in Orthopaedics, with special guest Linda Suleiman, MD Mar 26, 2025

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In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Linda Suleiman, MD (Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University) in a discussion on health equity in orthopaedics and how researchers can be more proactive rather than reactive in this area.

Links:

Thirukumaran CP, Cruse JJ, Franklin PD, Ricciardi BF, Suleiman LI, Ibrahim SA. Two Decades Since the Unequal Treatment Report: The State of Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Elective Total Hip and Knee Replacement Use. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Nov 20. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.24.00347. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39813469. https://bit.ly/42GysXt
Suleiman LI, Bergman R, Pagadala MS, Selph TJ Jr, Franklin PD, Edelstein AI. Patient-Physician Racial Concordance Increases Likelihood of Total Knee Arthroplasty Recommendation. J Arthroplasty. 2024 Nov 17:S0883-5403(24)01210-5. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.11.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39551406. https://bit.ly/4aRdasb
Gonzalez DO, Suleiman LI, Ivey GD, Callender CO. Is there a role for race in science and medicine. Bull Am Coll Surg. 2011 Sep;96(9):12-8. PMID: 22259929. https://bit.ly/4jG9cqq

Subspecialties:

Foot & Ankle

Hand & Wrist

Knee

Oncology

Orthopaedic Essentials

Pain Management

Rehabilitation

Spine

Shoulder

Elbow

Sports Medicine

Trauma

Bonus Episode! JBJS OrthoCorps: An Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community (Part 19) Mar 19, 2025

Show notes

In this bonus episode, from the JBJS OrthoCorps audio archive, Steven Olson, MD, discusses the history of orthopaedic trauma in North America with Anna Miller, MD.

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:

Orthopaedic Essentials

Trauma

The Many Challenges of PRP Research, with special guest Moin Khan, MD Mar 12, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Moin Khan, MD (Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University) in a discussion focusing on the methodological challenges of PRP research.

Links:

Bensa A, Previtali D, Sangiorgio A, Boffa A, Salerno M, Filardo G. PRP Injections for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: The Improvement Is Clinically Significant and Influenced by Platelet Concentration: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Am J Sports Med. 2025 Jan 3:3635465241246524. doi: 10.1177/03635465241246524. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39751394. https://bit.ly/4jtUWRg

Chahla J, Cinque ME, Piuzzi NS, Mannava S, Geeslin AG, Murray IR, Dornan GJ, Muschler GF, LaPrade RF. A Call for Standardization in Platelet-Rich Plasma Preparation Protocols and Composition Reporting: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Orthopaedic Literature. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2017 Oct 18;99(20):1769-1779. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.16.01374. PMID: 29040132. https://bit.ly/4hrndpX

Subspecialties:

Foot & Ankle

Hand & Wrist

Knee

Orthopaedic Essentials

Spine

Shoulder

Elbow

Sports Medicine

Trauma

Social Media, Leadership, and Global Orthopaedics with Special Guest Niloofar Dehghan, MD Feb 26, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest Niloofar Dehghan, MD (Chief of Trauma, Core Institute; Associate Professor, University of Arizona) in a wide-ranging discussion on the use of social media to connect and engage with the larger orthopaedic audience across the globe.

Links:

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niloofar-dehghan/

Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/dr_niloofar_dehghan/

Threads profile: https://www.threads.net/@dr_niloofar_dehghan

Subspecialties:

Orthopaedic Essentials

Trauma

Bonus Episode! JBJS OrthoCorps: An Audio Archive of Stories from the Orthopaedic Community (Part 18) Feb 19, 2025

Show notes

In this bonus episode, from the JBJS OrthoCorps audio archive, Courtland Lewis, MD, shares his memories of Burr Curtis, MD, and Vincent Turco, MD, two early members of the Twentieth Century Orthopaedic Association.

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:

Orthopaedic Essentials

Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty, with special guest George Athwal, MD, FRCSC Feb 12, 2025

Show notes

In this episode, Mo and Marc are joined by special guest George Athwal, MD, FRCSC (Professor of Surgery at Roth McFarlane Hand and Upper Limb Center, Ontario, Canada) in a discussion on the origins, evolution, and increased popularity of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

Links:

Best MJ, Aziz KT, Wilckens JH, McFarland EG, Srikumaran U. Increasing incidence of primary reverse and anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty in the United States. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2021 May;30(5):1159-1166. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2020.08.010. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32858194. https://bit.ly/3BGbJQc

Lapner PL, Sabri E, Rakhra K, Bell K, Athwal GS. Comparison of lesser tuberosity osteotomy to subscapularis peel in shoulder arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Dec 19;94(24):2239-46. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.K.01365. PMID: 23318614. https://bit.ly/3ZPX90J

Subspecialties:

Oncology

Orthopaedic Essentials

Shoulder

Trauma

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