Volume 12, Number 2, July 2016

Editorial

• The Stakes Are Higher Than Ever for Delivery of Quality Care
  Charles N. Cornell, MD

Original Articles

• Blunt Force May be an Effective Treatment for Ganglion Cysts
  Nikunj N. Trivedi, BS; Joseph J. Schreiber, MD; Aaron Daluiski, MD
• Outcomes of Proximal Humerus Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation with Concomitant Ipsilateral Shoulder Girdle Injuries: a Case Control Study
  Marschall B. Berkes, MD; Milton T. M. Little, MD; Nadine C. Pardee, BS; Patrick C. Schottel, MD; Lionel E. Lazaro, MD; Dean G. Lorich, MD
• Fast-Pitch Softball Pitchers Experience a Significant Increase in Pain and Fatigue During a Single High School Season
  Justin S. Yang, MD; Jeffrey G. Stepan, MD, MSc; Lucas Dvoracek, BS; Rick W. Wright, MD; Robert H. Brophy, MD; Matthew V. Smith, MD
• Evaluating the Diagnostic Yield of Computed Tomography-Guided Aspirations in Suspected Postoperative Spine Infections
  Jonathan E. Jo, MD; Andy O. Miller, MD; Matthew R. Cohn, BS; Venu M. Nemani, MD; Robert Schneider, MD; Darren R. Lebl, MD
• The Effect of Regional Analgesia on Vascular Tone in Hip Arthroplasty Patients
  Enrique A. Goytizolo, MD; Ottokar Stundner, MD; Sandra Hurtado Rúa, PhD; Dorothy Marcello, BA; Valeria Buschiazzo; Ansara M. Vaz, MD; Stavros G. Memtsoudis, MD, PhD
• Duplex Ultrasonography Has Limited Utility in Detection of Postoperative DVT After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
  Shaleen Vira, MD; Austin J. Ramme, MD, PhD; Michael J. Alaia, MD; David Steiger, MD; Jonathan M. Vigdorchik, MD; Frederick Jaffe, MD†
• The Efficacy of Bisphosphonates with Core Decompression and Mesenchymal Stem Cells Compared with Bisphosphonates Alone in the Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Hip: a Retrospective Study
  Arianna L. Gianakos, BS; Joaquin Moya-Angeler, MD; Shivi Duggal, BS, MBA; Lester Zambrana, BA; Kara G. Fields, MS; Douglas N. Mintz, MD; Charles N. Cornell, MD; Joseph M. Lane, MD
• Is There a Threshold for Stiffness Complaints Following TKA on the WOMAC Stiffness Subscale?
  Hassan M. K. Ghomrawi, PhD, MPH; Carol A. Mancuso, MD; Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, MD; Christina Herrero; Geoffrey H. Westrich, MD
• Low Levels of Vitamin D Have a Deleterious Effect on the Articular Cartilage in a Rat Model
  Cecilia Pascual-Garrido, MD; Michael E. Angeline, MD; Richard Ma, MD; Jorge Chahla, MD; Cliff Voigt, MD; Xiang Hua Deng, MD; Joseph Nguyen, MPH; Russell F. Warren, MD; Scott A. Rodeo, MD
• The Fringe Benefits Among U.S. Orthopaedic Residency Programs Vary Considerably: a National Survey
  R. Carter Clement, MD, MBA; Erik Olsson, MD; Prateek Katti, BS; Robert J. Esther, MD, MSc

Surgical Technique

• Direct Repair of the Superior Band of Bigelow's Ligament After Hip Arthroplasty: a Surgical Technique
  Jordan C. Villa, MD, Arianna Gianakos, BS, Joseph M. Lane, MD

Review Article

• A Systematic Review of Preoperative Fatty Infiltration and Rotator Cuff Outcomes
  M. Michael Khair, MD; Jason Lehman, MD; Nicholas Tsouris, BS; Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD

Case Reports

• Total Hip Arthroplasty in a Patient With Multicentric Carpotarsal Osteolysis: a Case Report
  Kai Sun, MD; Brian Barlow, MD; Fardina Malik, MD; Allan Inglis, MD; Mark Figgie, MD; Susan Goodman, MD
• Successful Immediate Re-implantation of an Extruded Femoral Segment: a Case Report
  Ashraf M. Fansa, MD; Daniel Paull, MD; Nabil Ebraheim, MD
• Thoracic Spine Degeneration Following Microlaminotomy for Spinal Cord Stimulator Placement and Subsequent Removal: a Case Report
  Janina Kueper; Lukas P. Lampe, MD; Alexander P. Hughes, MD

Evidence Based Review in Orthopedics

• Diagnosing Septic Arthritis in the Synovial White Cell Count “Gray Zone”
  Joseph J. Ruzbarsky, MD; Brian P. Gladnick, MD; Emily Dodwell, MD, MPH
• New Joints, Same Old Weight: Weight Changes After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
  Daniel J. Hurwit, MD; Samir K. Trehan, MD; Michael B. Cross, MD

Commentary

• Farewell, Sam Delgado
  Brian J. Rebolledo, MD; Thomas P. Sculco, MD