VOLUME 13, ISSUE 38 | DECEMBER 5, 2017
WEEK IN REVIEW
Combining Antiseptics May
4 tality
Be Toxic; THA Patient Mor-
Risks; Troy Wilde, DPM
Joins OrthoArizona >>
Don’t
mix multiple antiseptics when irrigat-
ing a wound, says research…it could
be toxic! Patients with prosthetic joint
infection have a mortality risk more
than double that of patients without
such an infection and Troy Wilde joins
OrthoArizona.
Injuries: The Obscure
7 >> Diving
Corner of Sports Medicine
Competitive diving starts in Feb-
ruary and ends in July. In the 2012
Olympics, 8.1% of divers sustained a
musculoskeletal injury. It is surprising
that there still hasn’t been enough re-
search to understand the risk of diving
injuries. Here’s what key journals and
the International Federation of Swim-
ming are doing to shine a light on this
obscure corner of sports medicine.
AAOS’ OrthoInfo Website
10
Upgraded; Spine Compli-
cations Drop 36%; Waterless
Hand Scrub Equal to Tradi-
tional Methods? >> AAOS has
launched a better organized, souped
up version of OrthoInfo.org. Review ar-
ticle finds that lean processes reduced
spine surgery complications by 36%.
And researchers in Japan find that wa-
terless hand scrubbing is equal to tradi-
tional methods in terms of surgical site
infection prevention.
BREAKING NEWS
14 Electrified Scaffold Bridges Sev-
ered Nerves
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18 NFL Careers Shortened by Injury
Even After Surgery
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18 Arthritis Prevalence 69% Higher
Than Previously Thought
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19 Alpine Skiing Helmut Testing Should
Hit the Slopes
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20 rhBMP-2 Product Wins Korean
Approval
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24 NYU Langone’s Ball Raises $1.3
million+
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