Anna Miller, MD chats with host Jackie Dunahoe, MD about two Gamechanging papers in the operative vs. non-operative treatment of traumatic arthrotomies. The first paper is entitled: "Traumatic Arthrotomies: Do They All Need the Operating Room?" by Richard Randall McKnight et al from the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma in 2021. Link for abstract. The second paper is "Operative Versus Nonoperative Management Of Traumatic Arthrotomies from Civilian Gunshot Wounds" by Christopher L. Shultz et al from the Iowa Orthopaedic Journal in 2019. Link for abstract.

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