Every edition. An expanding view of orthopaedic evidence.
This helps surgeons decide when the extra time and cost of double-row fixation is justified: reserving it for larger tears while using the faster single-row technique for small-to-medium tears.
This challenges the assumption, embedded in current PROSPECT guidelines, that specific regional blocks meaningfully reduce pain after hip arthroplasty, and instead points clinicians toward opioid-sparing and discharge-related benefits rather than pain control itself.
Knowing that guideline-endorsed conservative care for non-specific low back pain is usually good value supports referring patients to exercise, psychological and self-management programmes rather than escalating to costlier invasive care.
GLP-1 agonists are now widely prescribed for obesity, so students should know that they may ease knee osteoarthritis pain but have not been shown to prevent joint replacement.
Postoperative therapy after shoulder replacement is costly and burdensome for older patients, and these trials suggest a surgeon-directed home programme may yield similar 1-year outcomes after reverse shoulder arthroplasty.
Hip arthroscopists choosing between knotless and knot-tying anchors for labral repair can be reassured both options yield good outcomes, though the mHHS signal favouring knotless warrants cautious interpretation given major heterogeneity and no formal meta-analysis.
Quadriceps tendon autograft is increasingly used for ACL reconstruction, and choosing whether to take a patellar bone block is a common intraoperative decision with trade-offs between bone healing and patellar fracture risk.
Gives clinicians and trainers an evidence-mapped catalog of exercises for targeted muscle activation in rehab and injury prevention, while exposing major gaps (e.g., piriformis, pectineus) that limit current individualized prescription.
Orthopaedic surgeons increasingly encounter AI-assisted imaging tools, and this review shows the evidence supporting their clinical use remains extremely thin despite hype.
These findings help clinicians and coaches understand which biomechanical tackle features drive concussion and cervical injury risk, informing age-appropriate coaching to reduce injury in a sport with very high concussion rates during tackling.
Patients often ask about 'regenerative' knee injections, and this review supports counselling that any benefit appears symptomatic rather than cartilage-restoring, with low certainty.
Hip arthroscopists frequently must choose between segmental and circumferential labral reconstruction when a labrum is unsalvageable, and this review highlights that the choice currently rests on limited, non-comparative, low-level evidence rather than proven superiority of either technique.
This informs surgeons and patients whether borderline dysplastic hips can be safely treated arthroscopically without incurring worse durability compared to normally covered hips, which is a common intraoperative decision point in young active patients with FAIS.
