Paper of the Week: Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty May Experience Higher Rates of Venous Thromboembolism When Prescribed Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Aspirin

Paper of the Week: Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty May Experience Higher Rates of Venous Thromboembolism When Prescribed Direct Oral Anticoagulants vs Aspirin

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Tyler J. Humphrey, BA; Todd D. O’Brien, MD, MBA; Christopher M. Melnic, MD; Kimberly I. Verrier, NP; MGB Arthroplasty Outcomes Writing Committee; Hany S. Bedair, MD Humphrey, Tyler J., et al. “Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Primary Total JointArthroplasty May Experience Higher Rates of Venous Thromboembolism When PrescribedDirect Oral Anticoagulants vs Aspirin.” The Journal of Arthroplasty 37.6 (2022):…

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Paper of the Week: Aspirin Is an Effective Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolism in Ambulatory Patients with Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hip Arthroplasty

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Emanuele Chisari, MD, Timothy L. Tan, MD, Roshan Shah, MD, Matthew Levitsky, MD, Nicolas Piuzzi, MD, Carlos Higuera, MD, Daniel Santana, BS, Syona Satwah, BS, Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS Chisari E, Tan TL, Shah R, et al. Aspirin Is an Effective Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolism in Ambulatory Patients with Femoral Neck Fracture Undergoing Hip Arthroplasty…

Paper of the Week: Seasonal Variation in Incidence and Casual Organism of Surgical Site Infection after PLIF/TLIF Surgery: A Multicenter Study

Paper of the Week: Seasonal Variation in Incidence and Casual Organism of Surgical Site Infection after PLIF/TLIF Surgery: A Multicenter Study

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Kazuyoshi Kobayashi; Kei Ando; Fumihiko Kato; Tokumi Kanemura; Koji Sato; Yudo Hachiya; Yuji Matsubara; Yoshihito Sakai; Hideki Yagi; Ryuichi Shinjo; Naoki Ishiguro; Shiro Imagama; Journal of Orthopaedic Science 26(4): 555 – 559, 2021doi: 10.1016/j.jos.2020.05.015 Summary by Anya T. Hall, BS Postoperative surgical site infection (SSI) is an important complication after spine surgery thatcan lead to…

Paper of the Week: Clostridium difficile infection after orthopedic surgery: Incidence, associated factors, and impact on outcome

Paper of the Week: Clostridium difficile infection after orthopedic surgery: Incidence, associated factors, and impact on outcome

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Dong Youn Kim, MD; Yu-Mi Lee, MD; Ki-Ho Park, MD; Young Jin Kim, MD; Kyung-Chung Kang, MD; Chang Kyun Lee, MD; Mi Suk Lee, MD; American Journal of Infection Control 50(1): e72, 2022doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.021 Summary by John Hayden Sonnier, MS Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) poses a significant challenge to the healthcaresystem, as nosocomial infections have…

Paper of the Week: Spacers for life: high mortality rate associated with definitive treatment of shoulder periprosthetic infection with permanent antibiotic spacer

Paper of the Week: Spacers for life: high mortality rate associated with definitive treatment of shoulder periprosthetic infection with permanent antibiotic spacer

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Alexander J. Rondon, MD, MBA, Taylor Paziuk, MD, Michael J. Gutman, BA, Gerald R. Williams Jr, MD, Surena Namdari, MD, MSc Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 30(12): e732, 2021doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2021.05.005 Summary by Justin A. Magnuson, MD Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) following shoulder arthroplasty has been reported to occur at rates ranging from 1.1% to…