The optimal strategy for postoperative deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis remains controversial in hip and knee arthroplasty. Warfarin causes transient hypercoagulability; however, the optimal timing of treatment remains unclear. We evaluated…
Total knee arthroplasty occasionally does not meet expectations. This randomized clinical trial assessed the effect of restoration of the native patellofemoral height on clinical outcomes. Group I underwent standard patellar…
Although fractures are the most frequently treated orthopedic injuries, and have been for centuries, some aspects of their care remain controversial and other areas become controversial as newer information comes…
Case 12 History and Physical Examination A 19-year-old man presents 5 days following an injury to his shoulder while playing touch football. He reports an inability to use his arm…
Case 52 History and Physical Examination A 23-year-old, right-hand–dominant woman presents 6 months after a posterior elbow fracture-dislocation reportedly involving the coronoid process. She reports cast immobilization for 4 weeks…
Case 50 History and Physical Examination A 65-year-old right-hand-dominant man presents with a 1-year history of progressive pain and loss of motion of his left elbow without specific predisposing factors…
Case 15 History and Physical Examination A 27-year-old right-hand-dominant laborer presents to the office 3 months after an injury that he described as a downward jerk on the arm occurring…
Case 42 History and Physical Examination A 41-year-old manual labor presents 1 hour after a fall at work onto his extended arm. He complains of pain and swelling in and…
Case 33 History and Physical Examination A 23-year-old right-hand-dominant man presents with a 1-day history of left elbow pain and swelling following an altercation in which he was struck with…
