Obesity is associated with an increased risk of undergoing shoulder arthroplasty in Australia.

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the incidence of overweight and obesity in patients undergoing primary total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) for osteoarthritis (OA) in Australia compared to the incidence of obesity in the general population.

Materials And Methods: A 2017/18 cohort consisting of 2997 patients from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR) who underwent TSA were compared with matched controls from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) National Health Survey from the same time period. The 2 groups were analyzed according to body mass index (BMI) category, sex, and age.

Scaphoid plating for recalcitrant scaphoid fractures: a systematic review.

We conducted a systematic review of scaphoid plating for recalcitrant scaphoid fractures using EMBASE, Pubmed, Cochrane and MEDLINE. Thirteen studies were included. Ninety-three per cent of cases reported were male with a mean age of 27 years.

Robotic technology: current concepts, operative techniques and emerging uses in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is associated with improved functional outcomes but reduced implant survivorship compared to total knee arthroplasty (TKA).Surgeon-controlled errors in component positioning are the most common reason for implant failure in UKA, and low UKA case-volume is associated with poor implant survivorship and earlier time to revision surgery.Robotic UKA is associated with improved accuracy of achieving the planned femoral and tibial component positioning compared to conventional manual UKA.