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

Orthopaedics current awareness bulletin

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September 2025

Advances in the management of osteoporosis

Application of calcaneal ultrasonography for long-term fracture risk assessment in diabetic osteopathy

Arthroscopic remnant preservation anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using quadrupled semitendinosus autograft with internal brace: a current technique

Bioabsorbable implants are a viable alternative to traditional metallic implants in orthopaedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bone mineral density deficits in individuals born preterm persist through young adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of DXA studies

Clinical characteristics of patients with bone marrow edema syndrome, transient osteoporosis or migratory osteoporosis: a scoping review

Complications due to HIV in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Direct anterior approach versus posterior approach in total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Global, regional and national burden of knee osteoarthritis 1990–2021: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease study 2021

Impact of family physician–led hospitalist intervention methods in the multidisciplinary management of hip fracture: a retrospective cohort study

The low bone mass density in adults with hypertension: a meta-analysis

Meta-analysis of complications and functional outcomes in cosmetic limb lengthening

Pediatric lower extremity fracture treatments: a statistical review of randomized controlled trials

Reconstruction of unfixable comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures with autologous bone graft: a systematic review

Rehabilitation after surgical release of the stiff elbow: a literature review

Repair with suture tape augmentation vs. reconstruction for ACL tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Surgical approaches for inserting hemiarthroplasty of the hip in people with hip fractures (new Cochrane intervention review)

A systematic review of surgical outcomes of ulnar collateral ligament rupture in the elbow treated with various techniques

Tranexamic acid use in rotator cuff repair: a systematic review of perioperative outcomes

The use of exoskeleton robotic training on lower extremity function in spinal cord injuries: a systematic review

Variability in the classification, management, and outcome reporting for avascular necrosis of the femoral head: a systematic review

Why ultrasound is the missing piece of the puzzle in the imaging and management pathway of acute ankle injuries

Sources

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Sep); BMJ, The (Jul); Bone (Sep); Clinical Endocrinology (Jul); Clinical Imaging (Sep-in progress); Cochrane Library (Jun); Journal of ISAKOS: Joint Disorders & Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (Aug); Journal of Orthopaedics (May-Jul)

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)

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