Orthopedics This Week
The Eternal Question: Steroid Use in Spinal Metastases
A patient rolls into the ED with progressive weakness, an MRI glowing like Times Square, and someone inevitably asks the question: “What’s the dex dose?”
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6mThe Lumbar Disc Replacement Paradox
How much does spine motion preservation matter — long term? A newly published systematic review of 27 published studies…
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6mWhen the AI Reads Your MRI…and Misses the Stenosis
A new diagnostic accuracy study asked an increasingly obvious but fraught question…
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5mA Spine Surgeon Built an AI Tool to Solve One of the OR’s Most Frustrating Problems. 50,000 Users Later, It’s Just Getting Started
Implant Identifier is a free mobile app that uses AI to identify orthopedic and spine implants from X-ray images.
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4mRegeneration, ReNu®, and the Race Against Knee OA
If your clinic schedule is anything like most, knee osteoarthritis (OA) isn’t just a diagnosis — it’s practically a recurring character.
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4mLumbar Microdiscectomy: Is the Post-Op Lecture Necessary?
This 2-arm RCT study tested how much patient compliance (or noncompliance) with postop activity instructions affected outcomes.