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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Orthopaedics

Orthopaedics current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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July 2025

Bone health—across a woman’s lifespan

Burosumab for treating X-linked hypophosphataemia in children and young people (updated NICE guideline HST8)

Craniosynostosis among children with X-linked hypophosphatemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dance-related fractures occur in the upper and lower extremities at similar rates

The efficacy of tranexamic acid in perioperative bleeding following total hip arthroplasty through different surgical approaches: systematic review and meta-analysis

Exercise alleviates osteoporosis by regulating the secretion of the Senescent Associated Secretory Phenotype

Exercise for patellar tendinopathy (new Cochrane intervention review)

Falls (updated NICE guideline QS86)

Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk (new NICE guideline NG249)

Global, regional, and national burdens of hip fractures in elderly individuals from 1990 to 2021 and predictions up to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

The global track concept for evaluation of bipolar bone loss in anterior shoulder instability: current concepts

How to identify children with cerebral palsy at risk of low bone mineral density

Increased posterior tibial slope is a risk factor for anterior cruciate ligament injury and graft failure after reconstruction

Influences and strategies for bone regeneration based on microenvironment pH adjustment

Knee dislocation with concomitant patellofemoral dislocation: a systematic review

Oral versus intravenous antibiotics for bone and joint infections

Patient selection in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: how to make the diagnosis for success in the clinic

Preoperative computer tomography scans can accurately evaluate tibial bone mineral density for selecting bone fixation in total knee arthroplasty

Return to recreational activity after hip abductor repair: a systematic review

The running gait analysis technology: a comprehensive systematic literature review

Total hip arthroplasty with subtrochanteric osteotomy for severe developmental dysplasia of the hip: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sources

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Jun); Bone (Jul-Aug); Clinical Endocrinology (Apr); Cochrane Library (May); Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (May-Jun); Journal of Orthopaedics (Apr)

May 2025

Acute pain trajectories in elderly patients with fragility hip fractures

Antidepressants for low back pain and spine‐related leg pain (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Assessment and management of common hand fractures in adults

The association between total volume and intensity of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and incidence of osteoporosis

Comparative effectiveness of silver-coated implants in periprosthetic infection prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Fixation for osteochondral lesions of the talus leads to successful clinical outcomes in 9 out of 10 patients: a systematic review

Global burden of injury due to low bone mineral density in adults aged 55 years and older, 1990 to 2021: a population-based study

Global epidemiology of lower limb fractures: trends, burden, and projections from the GBD 2021 study

Impact of tranexamic acid use in total hip replacement patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Local antibiotic delivery: recent basic and translational science insights in orthopedics

Mobile app-based monitoring of recovery after knee osteotomy: patients take approximately five months to return to preoperative step counts despite limited app uptake

Non‐pharmacological and non‐surgical treatments for low back pain in adults: an overview of Cochrane reviews

Parental fracture history is associated with offspring early-life fracture risk: the Geelong Osteoporosis Study

The performance of cruciate-retaining implants for primary total knee arthroplasty in valgus deformed knees: a systematic review

Period prevalence and timing of contralateral hip fractures: an eighteen year retrospective cohort study, systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Perioperative outcome of primary total hip arthroplasty in octogenarians – a systematic review

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: a systematic review

Postoperative laboratory testing in the era of outpatient total joint arthroplasty: targeted patient selection and associated cost savings

Return-to-sport tests: do they reduce risk of re-rupture after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction?

Screening for osteoporosis to prevent fractures: a systematic evidence reviewUS Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement

Side-to-side differences in hip bone mineral density in patients with unilateral hip osteoarthritis

Stem cell injections for osteoarthritis of the knee (new Cochrane intervention review)

Sources

BMJ, The (Mar); Bone (Apr-Jun); Cochrane Library (Mar-Apr); JAMA (Feb); Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (Apr); Journal of Orthopaedics (Feb-Mar)

March 2025

Alendronate for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Bone grafting augmentation choices in complex proximal humerus fractures: a systematic review

Characteristics of patients with very high fracture risk in a community-dwelling geriatric cohort

ChatGPT is an unreliable source of peer-reviewed information for common total knee and hip arthroplasty patient questions

Clinical challenges in bone tissue engineering - a narrative review

Clinical efficacy and safety of P-15 peptide enhanced bone graft substitute in surgical bone regenerative procedures in adult maxillofacial, spine, and trauma patients

A comparative meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of arthroscopic versus open surgery in patients with lateral epicondylitis

The diagnostic value of an upright chest radiograph in diagnosing acromioclavicular joint dislocation

Direct factor Xa inhibitors versus low molecular weight heparins or vitamin K antagonists for prevention of venous thromboembolism in elective primary hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair (new Cochrane intervention review)

Don’t mind the gap: reframing the Perren strain rule for fracture healing using insights from virtual mechanical testing

Effectiveness of bespoke or customised orthotic treatment in plantar pressure reduction of the central metatarsals: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The effects of social determinants of health on anterior cruciate ligament injury recovery

Low rate of growth disturbance after posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction or repair in skeletally immature patients: a systematic review

Medial meniscus ramp tears: state of the art

Mixed reality infrastructure based on deep learning medical image segmentation and 3D visualization for bone tumors using DCU-Net

Patellofemoral instability – state of the art: part 1 – when to operate and soft tissue procedurespart 2 – bony procedure for patellar surgical stabilizationpart 3 – patellofemoral cartilage treatment

Prediction of implant failure risk due to periprosthetic femoral fracture after primary elective total hip arthroplasty

Return to sport at the pre-injury level following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is influenced by patients' perceived knee status and psychological readiness, and does not correlate with functional ability

When disaster strikes: conversion of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty to total knee arthroplasty

Sources

Advances in Orthopedics (Dec-Jan); Bone (Mar); Bone & Joint Research (Jan-Feb); Cochrane Library (Jan); Journal of Bone Oncology (Feb); Journal of ISAKOS (Feb); Journal of Orthopaedics (Jan)

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