Evaluating Performance Among National Basketball Association Players After Jones Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: In professional basketball, Jones fractures are among the most common cause of lower extremity stress injury. Despite its prevalence, there is a paucity of research on the impact of Jones fractures on athletic performance in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Purpose: To determine the impact of Jones fractures on return to play and performance among NBA players when compared with preinjury values and healthy matched controls.

Impact of anterior cruciate ligament tears on player efficiency ratings and salary in National Basketball Association over the past 20 years: a retrospective case control study.

Objectives: Players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) are at high risk for ACL tears which are detrimental to their career due to the months of rehabilitation. The authors hypothesize that after anterior crucial ligament (ACL) injury, older players will be less likely to return to the NBA, players that do return will have a lower performance efficiency rating (PER), and the decrease in PER will be associated with a lower salary.

Methods: This case-control study utilized the publicly available database maintained by the NBA, professional basketball players from 2002 to 2022 who suffered an ACL tear were identified.

Identification of Factors Associated with Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programs That Preferentially Match Students Who Performed an Elective Rotation Before the Interview Process.

Introduction: The role of elective rotations in the orthopaedic residency selection process varies between programs. Our study aims to identify factors associated with residency programs that interview and match a greater proportion of applicants who have completed an elective rotation with their program.

Methods: Data were collected through the American Orthopaedic Association's Orthopaedic Residency Information Network database.

The Cost-Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Programs for Prevention of Wound Complications Following Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Break-Even Analysis.

Background: Tobacco use significantly increases the rate of wound complications in patients undergoing total ankle arthroplasty (TAA). Preoperative optimization through smoking cessation programs significantly minimizes the rate of infection and improves wound healing in arthroplasty procedures. Despite its utility, minimal research has examined the cost-effectiveness of preoperative smoking cessation programs to reduce the need for extracapsular irrigation and debridement (I&D) due to wound complications following TAA.

Development of a Novel Risk Stratification Score to Predict 30-Day Mortality in Cervical Trauma Patients: CLAAD Score.

Study Design: Case control.

Objective: Traumatic cervical spine injuries are associated with a substantial risk of mortality. The aim of this study is to develop a novel mortality prediction model for patients with cervical trauma who require operative treatment.

The cost-utility of intraoperative tranexamic acid in adult spinal deformity patients undergoing long posterior spinal fusion.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the cost-utility of intraoperative tranexamic acid (TXA) in adult spinal deformity (ASD) patients undergoing long posterior (≥ 5 vertebral levels) spinal fusion.

Methods: A decision-analysis model was built for a hypothetical 60-year-old adult patient with spinal deformity undergoing long posterior spinal fusion. A comprehensive review of the literature was performed to obtain event probabilities, costs and health utilities at each node.

Gender diversity at spine surgery academic conferences: a 15-year investigation.

Background Context: Enhancing gender diversity at academic conferences is critical for advancing women's representation and career trajectories in spine surgery.

Purpose: To discover trends in women's representation at major spine conferences over a 15-year period.

Study Design/setting: Conference records from the 2007-2021 annual meetings of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Spine Society, and Scoliosis Research Society (SRS).

Review of Enhanced Handheld Surgical Drills.

The handheld drill has been used as a conventional surgical tool for centuries. Alongside the recent successes of surgical robots, the development of new and enhanced medical drills has improved surgeon ability without requiring the high cost and consuming setup times that plague medical robot systems. This work provides an overview of enhanced handheld surgical drill research focusing on systems that include some form of image guidance and do not require additional hardware that physically supports or guides drilling.

Using a Modern Linked Research Database to Examine Gender Disparities in Orthopaedic Grant Funding from 2010 to 2022.

Background: Gender disparities in research grant funding persist in many disciplines. With use of the Dimensions database, we sought to examine the extent of gender disparities in U.S.

The Statistical Fragility of Trials Comparing Cervical Disc Arthroplasty and Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Meta Analysis.

Study Design: Meta-analysis.

Objective: To assess the robustness of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared cervical disc arthroplasty (CDA) and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for the treatment of symptomatic degenerative cervical pathology by using fragility indices.

Summary Of Background Data: RCTs comparing these surgical approaches have shown that CDA may be equivalent or even superior to ACDF due to better preservation of normal spinal kinematics.