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September 2026

4 digests

Week of September 28, 2026

ArthroplastyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Sarcopenia is highly prevalent among Chinese fragility fracture patients, and acute THA or combined hip procedures are emerging as a treatment paradigm for acetabular fragility fractures in this population.

Week of September 21, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleGeneralPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:At mean 63-month follow-up, VBT achieved a final instrumented Cobb angle of 25.7° from a preoperative mean of 47.9°, but 66% of patients had suspected tether breakage and 21.6% required unplanned return to the OR.

Week of September 14, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:ASC-based TKA volumes increased 413.6% from 2018 to 2022 and are projected to exceed 2.1 million cases annually by 2040, driven largely by Medicare's removal of TKA from the inpatient-only list.

Week of September 7, 2026

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ArthroplastyBasic ScienceGeneralHand & WristMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Robotic-assisted navigation for posterior spinal fusion in idiopathic scoliosis produces a 25-fold greater cumulative perioperative radiation dose to the patient (12.5 vs 0.5 mSv) compared to freehand technique, despite a 1.5-fold reduction in intraoperative fluoroscopy dose.

August 2026

5 digests

Week of August 31, 2026

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ArthroplastyBasic ScienceFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:MIS-PCF versus ACDF for cervical radiculopathy yields equivalent functional outcomes (NDI, EQ-5D) and revision rates, but MIS-PCF reduces operative time by 14.72 minutes, hospital stay by 0.99 days, and cost by $9,131.93.

Week of August 24, 2026

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ArthroplastyBasic ScienceFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Late sarcoma specialist consultation (>2 months) after unplanned excision independently increased 5-year metastasis odds 7-fold (OR=7.11) and mortality odds 11-fold (OR=11.29) compared to early consultation (≤2 months).

Week of August 17, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:In elderly patients with anterior glenohumeral dislocation, glenoid fractures >25% of glenoid width with humeral subluxation warrant fixation, and reverse shoulder arthroplasty is preferred over soft-tissue repair when healing potential is limited or preexisting degenerative changes are present.

Week of August 10, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:MRI-measured median nerve CSA at the carpal tunnel inlet (cutoff 11.3 mm²) achieves only AUC 0.67 with 74% sensitivity and 60% specificity for EDX-confirmed CTS, indicating poor-to-fair diagnostic accuracy.

Week of August 3, 2026

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ArthroplastyHand & WristPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Nonacademic centers had 31% higher odds of pseudoarthrosis or mechanical failure at 1 year (OR=1.314) and more than double the 30-day readmission rate (OR=2.211) compared to academic centers after long-segment posterior lumbar fusion.

July 2026

4 digests

Week of July 27, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:NSAID exposure increases nonunion risk overall (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.18–2.11), but short-term use ≤14 days was not associated with elevated risk, and the signal was absent in pediatric patients and spinal fusion.

Week of July 20, 2026

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ArthroplastyBasic ScienceFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:In 369 healthy scapulae, 6–13% exceeded published pathological morphological thresholds for posterior instability, anterior instability, or primary glenohumeral OA, with younger subjects (<60 years) paradoxically displaying more 'pathological' morphology than older subjects.

Week of July 13, 2026

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ArthroplastyBasic ScienceFoot & AnkleGeneralMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Edema-enhanced CT (EECT) derived from dual-energy CT achieved the highest sensitivity, specificity, and inter/intraobserver reliability for sacral fragility fracture detection and localization, eliminating the experience-related performance gap seen with standard CT.

Week of July 6, 2026

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ArthroplastyMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:4-in-1 surgery achieved equivalent initial union (90.8% vs 88.9%) but a significantly lower refracture rate (11.8% vs 37.0%, P<0.001) compared to combined intramedullary nailing/Ilizarov/bone graft for Crawford Type IV congenital tibial pseudarthrosis.

June 2026

5 digests

Week of June 29, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleGeneralMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Stacked-cone constructs in complex primary and revision TKA achieved 91.7% 5-year survivorship free from aseptic loosening, but only 56.5% survivorship free from all-cause reoperation.

Week of June 22, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Trabecular Titanium acetabular cups demonstrated 17% higher periprosthetic metabolic activity (SUV) at 4 weeks postoperatively compared to hydroxyapatite-coated cups, suggesting earlier osseointegration with TT surfaces.

Week of June 15, 2026

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ArthroplastyBasic ScienceFoot & AnkleGeneralHand & WristMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Among 24 cohort studies, standing AP radiographs combined with block/lift correction tests were the most reliable discriminators of limb-origin versus spine-origin pelvic obliquity, with persistent deformity after lift correction identifying spinal etiology.

Week of June 8, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:All three LET fixation methods (suture anchor, interference screw, metallic staple) restored internal rotational stability to near-native levels after 2000 cycles of 5 N·m loading, though suture anchors showed significantly greater rotational change under cyclic loading versus screws (7.2% ± 2.3% vs -1.3% ± 2.6%, P=.011).

Week of June 1, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnkleShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Mechanically preconditioned BMSCS-encapsulated dTFBC scaffolds achieved a mean ultimate failure load of 203.9 N at 12 weeks, a 73% improvement over standard repair (118 N, P=.003) in a rabbit rotator cuff model.

May 2026

2 digests

Week of May 25, 2026

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ArthroplastyHand & WristMusculoskeletal OncologyPediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:Current public LLMs achieved 91.5% accuracy for CPT coding but only 23.9% for ICD-10 coding in hand surgery notes, with laterality errors as the dominant failure mode.

Week of May 18, 2026

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ArthroplastyFoot & AnklePediatric OrthopaedicsShoulder & ElbowSpineSports MedicineTrauma

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★Featured:ABM/P-15 as bone graft extender in uninstrumented posterolateral fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis reduced 10-year reoperation rate to 18% versus 43% with allograft (P=0.024), achieving cost dominance.