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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Gerard Slobogean, MD hosts this discussion with Andrew Eglseder about the paper "Intra-articular fractures of the distal end of the radius in young adults," by JL Knirk, and JB Jupiter from JBJS 1986.  Click here for the abstract

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Michael Bosse, MD chats with host Michael Blankstein, MD and discusses his memories and perspectives about the OTA in its early years until the present.  

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Marc Swiontkowski, MD shares memories, insights, wisdom, and perspectives about the origin and evolution of the OTA with host Michael Blankstein MD. They discuss landmark studies and how research led Swiontkowski to be editor-in-chief of the JBJS.

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Michael Chapman, MD talks with host Michael Blankstein, MD, and shares the history of the origin and evolution of the OTA dating back to the Orthopedic Trauma Hospital Association in 1977. They discuss early research collaboration as well as treatment evolution over the years.

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Joseph Patterson, MD and Samir Mehta, MD discuss this Gamechanger paper, “Comparison of Irrigation Solutions and Devices in a Contaminated Musculoskeletal Wound Survival Model” published in JBJS in January 2009. Authors include Brett D. Owens, MD, Daniel W. White, MD, and Joseph C. Wenke, PhD.

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Join host Malcolm Debaun, MD as he speaks with Dr. George Russell about this Gamechanger article entitled, Emergency Department Stress Radiographs of Lateral Compression Type-1 Pelvic Ring Injuries Are Safe, Effective, and Reliable published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Click here to access the article.   

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Hosts Michael Blankstein, MD and Malcolm Smith, MD discuss: 'Fix and Flap: The Radical Orthopaedic and Plastic Treatment of Severe Open Fractures of the Tibia.'

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Listen in as host Michael Blankstein, MD chats with Richard Yoon, MD and Jason Halvorson, MD about the state of dual fixation for distal femur fractures. 

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Host Michael Blankstein, MD interviews paper authors Justin Haller, MD, and Lucas Marchand, MD. This paper was presented at the 2023 OTA Annual Meeting.

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