Sochacki et al. write as follows in recent study criticizing sham-controlled studies in orthopaedics: Additionally, two studies in this systematic review were performed in Finland. Unfortunately, any study investigating an intervention (e.g. surgery) on individuals born and raised in Finland cannot be extrapolated to the rest of the world. Finns embrace sisu, a special form […]
Tag: orthopaedics
When to engage in shared decision making?
Very good article about shared decision making was just recently published in the Canadian Family Physician. Authors discuss when shared decision making is the best option. Table 1 in their article is the most important. It gives a clear and concise description when SDM should be considered. First option states: There are at least 2 […]
Views of orthopaedics – part 2
I continue discussing an excellent editorial published in the BJJ. Alex Trompeter writes: We are now seeing the pendulum swing in terms of treatments we select, as our understanding of the science of fracture fixation improves. Moreimportant, however, is the recognition that the patient’s own experience is the most vital outcome when measuring the success […]
Views on orthopaedics motivated by recent editorial – Part 1
A recent editorial in the Bone & Joint Journal was about weight-bearing in orthopaedic traumatology. Written by Alex Trompeter, the title was intriguing: A call to arms: it’s time to bear weight! This editorial was best I have read in a while. Besides weight-bearing, Trompeter addressed many other general topics. In following posts I will […]
Propensity scores, orthopaedics and shared decision making
This is something I posted on Twitter last October. Extended discussion can be found below the tweets Propensity score matching is often used when two cohorts of patient are compared. Aim is to have somewhat comparable groups so effect of treatment or intervention could be estimated reliably. In short, two groups of patient tread by […]
Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy – a Tweetorial
This is a tweetorial about arthroscopic partial meniscectomy I posted on Twitter.
Increasing incidence of quadriceps tendon rupture
Our study about increasing incidence of surgically treated quadriceps tendon ruptures was just published in the Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. At this moment it is in Open Access format so full-text is freely available. Below is the grabstract, ie. graphical abstract, of our study. In our study we write “There is no evidence of […]
You don´t need to think twice about delaying ACL surgery if you´re >40 years old
This bothered me a lot, so I acted upon it. A prestigious sports surgery journal, American Journal of Sports Medicine, marketed their own study in Twitter like this:
A little prediction
A week ago Mortensen et al. published a study protocol investigating medial unicompartmental versus total knee arthroplasty for anteromedial tibio-femoral osteoarthritis. This study setting is very interesting. Both total knee replacement (TKR) and unicompartmental knee replacement (UKR) can be used to treat medial sided knee osteoarthritis. Mortensen et al. nicely sum up both pros and […]
Grabstract,ie. graphical abstract of our recent study on low back pain
There are no studies reporting incidences of specific or serious causes of acute low back pain. Below is our grabstract on a study establishing these incidences. Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00264-018-3983-y