SPRINT study challenges superiority of reamed nailing

Annie Hayashi

The Study to Prospectively Evaluate Reamed Intramedullary [IM] Nails in Tibial Fractures (SPRINT) found virtually no difference between the results achieved with either reamed or nonreamed IM nailing in tibial shaft fractures, according to a presentation given at the 2007 annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA).

Investing in emerging clinical advancements

Amy Kile

Support from OREF Shands members serves as permanent funding source Influenced by their peers, encouraged by their mentors, and motivated by the desire to contribute to the future of orthopaedics, increasing numbers of orthopaedists and like-minded individuals are joining the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation’s (OREF’s) Alfred R. Shands Jr., MD Circle.

First technology overview addresses gender-specific knee replacements

Mary Ann Porucznik

Are there gender-specific differences in knee anatomy? If so, do these differences result in higher failure rates for women who have total knee arthroplasty (TKA)? Would a gender-specific knee implant improve the success rates among women who have TKA? These are the questions that technology overview on gender-specific knee replacements prepared by the AAOS Technology Assessment Project Team hoped to answer.

Making the wounded whole again

Extremity War Injuries III focuses on challenges in definitive reconstruction More than 27,000 U.S. service men and women have been wounded in the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Approximately 70 percent of these injuries are musculoskeletal in nature, mostly resulting from exploding devices. More than 1,000 individuals are amputees; more than 70 percent of amputations are major limbs.