A 70-year-old female undergoes elective right total hip arthroplasty via the direct anterior approach for end-stage osteoarthritis. During femoral preparation, adequate visualization of the proximal femur cannot be achieved with standard positioning alone. The surgeon elects to perform a sequential soft tissue release to improve exposure. Which of the following represents the most appropriate order of soft tissue release to maximize femoral exposure while minimizing risk of postoperative posterior instability?

Approaches
- Hip Anterior Approach (Smith-Petersen)

Relevance score: 64

A 42-year-old competitive weightlifter comes to your office to discuss total hip arthroplasty for post-traumatic osteoarthritis. You discuss the different bearing surfaces available. When discussing ceramic-on-ceramic as a bearing surface, you mention its excellent wear resistance and counsel him that this material offers superior longevity but carries a distinct risk of catastrophic failure or fracture when compared with other bearing components. What is the property of ceramic that is responsible for this?

Basic Science
- Material Properties

Relevance score: 64

Establishing Age-Specific Cost-Effective Annual Revision Rates for Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis.

Harshvardhan Chawla,

Hassan M Ghomrawi,

Jelle P van der List,

Ashley A Eggman,

Hendrik A Zuiderbaan,

Andrew D Pearle

General

Harshvardhan Chawla, JARTHO 2017

A patient is undergoing primary THA for the treatment of mod...

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Basic Science
- Operative Blood Loss & Transfusion

Relevance score: 63

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for avascular osteonecrosis.

Sebastien Parratte,

Jean-Noel A Argenson,

Julien Dumas,

Jean-Manuel Aubaniac

Recon
- Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

Sebastien Parratte, CORR 2007

Relevance score: 62

36 responses

Relevance of the Tibial Slope on Functional Outcomes in ACL-Deficient and ACL Intact Fixed-Bearing Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty.

Kevin D Plancher,

Jaya Prasad Shanmugam,

Jasmine E Brite,

Karen K Briggs,

Stephanie C Petterson

Recon
- Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

Kevin D Plancher, JARTHO 2021

Relevance score: 62

Cemented Versus Cementless Total Knee Arthroplasty in Obese Patients With Body Mass Index ≥35 kg/m2: A Contemporary Analysis of 812 Patients.

General

Graham S Goh, JARTHO 2022

Relevance score: 62

28 responses

Satisfactory long-term outcomes for combined anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and lateral closing wedge high tibial osteotomy.

Knee & Sports
- Posterolateral Corner Injury

Piero Agostinone, KSSTA 2023

Relevance score: 61

280 responses

The Kaiser Permanente shoulder arthroplasty registry: results from 6,336 primary shoulder arthroplasties.

Shoulder & Elbow
- Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

Mark T Dillon, ACTA 2015

A 4-year-old patient presents for follow-up of left hip dysp...

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Pediatrics
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)

Relevance score: 61

A 63-year-old male presents to your clinic with several year...

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Recon
- Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

A 43-year-old male returns to your clinic for follow-up. The...

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Foot & Ankle
- Ankle Arthritis

Mean 20-year followup of Bernese periacetabular osteotomy.

General
- Adult Hip Dysplasia

Simon D Steppacher, CORR 2008

Outcome After Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Acetabular Fractures in the Elderly.

28 responses

George Grammatopoulos

General

Ethan Sanders, JOT 2022

Total Joint Arthroplasty Is Associated With a Decreased Risk of Traumatic Falls: An Analysis of 499,094 Cases.

General

Adam Driesman, JAAOS 2020

Total Elbow Arthroplasty.

Dafang Zhang,

Neal Chen

Trauma
- Distal Humerus Fractures

Dafang Zhang, JHS 2019

Relevance score: 59

8 responses

Management of patellar and trochlear cartilage lesions with matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte implantation in conjunction with patellofemoral realignment procedures improves patient-reported outcomes and magnetic resonance image appearance.

General

A 62-year-old male undergoes a right total hip replacement. ...

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Recon
- THA Other Complications

A 70-year-old female patient on chronic steroids for severe ...

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Recon
- Hip Osteonecrosis

Medial vs lateral unicompartmental knee arthrroplasty: clinical results.

General

Andrea Fiocchi, 2017

Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)

Knee & Sports

Relevance score: 58 / Absolute Importance: 45

A 25-year-old female presents with complaints of persistent ...

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Recon
- Adult Hip Dysplasia

Factors affecting the durability of primary total knee prostheses.

Recon
- Wear & Osteolysis Basic Science

James A Rand, JBJS 2003

OrthoProcedure - Radial Tunnel Decompression

Shoulder & Elbow
- Visitor Home

OrthoProcedure - Radial Head Arthroplasty

Shoulder & Elbow
- Visitor Home

OrthoProcedure - Needle aponeurotomy for Dupuytren's contracture

Hand
- Visitor Home

A 40-year-old male presents with chronic severe and progress...

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Recon
- Hip Resurfacing

A 42-year-old patient presents to clinic with complaints of ...

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Recon
- High Tibial Osteotomy

Minimum 5-Year Outcomes, Complication Rates, and Conversion to Total Knee Arthroplasty Following Isolated Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Repair.

Jorge Chahla,

Rodrigo Saad Berreta,

Eric J Cotter,

Juan Bernardo Villarreal-Espinosa,

Knee & Sports
- Meniscal Tears

Jorge Chahla, Orthop J Sports Med. 2025

Cruciate-Retaining versus Medial-Congruent Bearings in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparison of Ranges of Motion, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Complications.

44 responses

New Article

General

Ahab G Alnemri, JARTHO 2026

A two to fifteen year follow-up case series of ninety one patients after onlay patellofemoral arthroplasty highlighting the impact of preoperative symptoms and mental health.

40 responses

Felix Zimmermann,

Vivien Möck,

Paul Alfred Grützner,

Emmanouil Liodakis,

Peter Balcarek

General

Felix Zimmermann, INTORT 2026

8 responses

A healthy 62-year-old male is evaluated in the joint reconst...

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Recon
- TKA Postoperative Inpatient Management

Is there evidence to support an indication for surface replacement arthroplasty?

M D Hellman,

M C Ford,

R L Barrack

Recon

M D Hellman, BJJ 2019

No Benefit After THA Performed With Computer-assisted Cup Placement: 10-year Results of a Randomized Controlled Study.

28 responses

Recon

Sebastien Parratte, CORR 2016

An 82-year-old osteoporotic woman undergoes total hip arthro...

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Basic Science
- Legal Considerations in Orthopaedic Practice

High Rates of Early Septic Failure, but Low Rates of Aseptic Loosening After Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty With Contemporary Rotating-Hinge Prostheses.

General

Troy D Bornes, JARTHO 2025

Flexor Pollicis Longus Tendon Rupture (Mannerfelt Syndrome): Evaluation and Surgical Management

Hand
- Visitor Home

A 54-year-old woman undergoes an anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty for end-stage glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Postoperative imaging demonstrates that the humeral component was implanted in 30° of anteversion relative to its axis. Which of the following best describes the consequence of the humeral component position?

Shoulder & Elbow
- Glenohumeral Joint Anatomy, Stabilizer, and Biomechanics

Lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: A review.

Recon
- Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

Scott D Buzin, WJO 2021

Treatment of Severe Acetabular Defects With an Antiprotrusio Cage and Trabecular Metal Augments - Clinical and Radiographic Results After a Mean Follow-Up of 6.6 Years.

Petri Bellova,

Marie-Christin Reich,

Recon
- THA Revision

Petri Bellova, JARTHO 2023

Total knee replacement in young, active patients: long-term follow-up and functional outcome: a concise follow-up of a previous report.

24 responses

William J Long,

Christopher D Bryce,

Christopher S Hollenbeak,

Rodney W Benner,

W Norman Scott

Recon
- TKA Prosthesis Design

William J Long, JBJS 2014

Outcomes of Bulk Fresh Osteochondral Allografts for Cartilage Restoration in the Knee.

Knee & Sports
- Articular Cartilage Defects of Knee

Anser Daud, JBJS 2021

Modified Dunn procedure versus percutaneous pinning in moderate/severe stable slipped capital femoral epiphyses.

88 responses

Claudia Galletta,

Alessandro Aprato,

Matteo Giachino,

Giorgio Marre' Brunenghi,

Silvio Boero,

Luigino Turchetto,

Alessandro Massè

General

Claudia Galletta, HIPIN 2021

Total knee arthroplasty after high tibial osteotomy: no differences between medial and lateral osteotomy approaches.

8 responses

Recon
- TKA Other Complications

Stephen Preston, CORR 2014

A 66-year-old woman with advanced, bone-on-bone osteoarthritis of the right knee presents to the clinic to discuss surgical options. She reports severe, unrelenting pain that has recently taken on a burning, "electric" quality, suggesting a centralized pain component. Her orthopaedic surgeon explains that chronic joint degeneration can trigger a sustained pain cascade known as neuroinflammation, which is characterized by the activation of glial cells and macrophage infiltration into the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and dorsal horn. The surgeon reassures her that this central inflammatory process typically normalizes approximately one year following a successful total knee arthroplasty. What specific anatomical feature of the DRG renders it uniquely susceptible to this sustained immune cell infiltration and subsequent neuroinflammation, distinguishing it from peripheral axons?

Spine
- Intervertebral Disc

Relevance score: 55 / Absolute Importance: 32

Total Elbow Arthroplasty

Shoulder & Elbow

9/27/2024

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Drehmann sign and femoro-acetabular impingement in SCFE.

Pediatrics
- Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)

Makoto Kamegaya, JPO 2011

24 responses