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BREAKING NEWS     Cementless hip stem produces high survival rates during hip arthroplasty Despite high ages and osteopenic changes, recently published data showed use of a cementless hip stem during hip arthroplasty demonstrated high survival rates. Read more           WOMAC scores of contralateral knee linked to short-term outcomes after TKA Although patient-reported outcomes for the index knee generally improved following total knee arthroplasty (TKA), poor preoperative WOMAC scores in the contralateral knee were associated with poorer short-term outcomes in the index knee, according to study results. Read more           Timing of radiographs after ankle fracture treatment has no effect on complication rates In a comparison of early and late postoperative ankle radiographs, recently published study results found insufficient evidence to suggest that timing created a difference in complication rates following ankle fracture fixation. Read more

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	Lamellar bone with focal osteoblastic rimming Orthopedics — September 2014 Sequential Harvesting of Bone Graft From the Intramedullary Canal of the Femur — by Janet D. Conway, MD; et al The authors detail their experience of 8 instances of sequential reaming in 7 patients. Six patients were harvested twice, and 1 patient was harvested 3 times. In each patient, the bone graft was obtained from the same canal. The main outcome measurements were time interval between reamings, reamer head size, indication for reaming, volume of harvested bone graft, and complications. Read more