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BREAKING NEWS     After-hours debridement of open tibia fractures linked with increased costs An economic model that looked at the number of open tibia fractures occurring annually in the United States showed an increase in the overall financial cost of performing after-hours debridement of open tibia fractures. Read more           Hybrid TKA may offer comparable positive fixation to traditional TKA Recently published data showed hybrid total knee arthroplasty (TKA) demonstrated positive fixation with minimal revision at long-term follow-up. Read more           Comparable function outcomes found with ESIN, K-wire pinning for humeral fractures Favorable results and comparable functional outcomes were found with retrograde elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) and Kirschner wire (K-wire) pinning for the treatment of Neer-Horowitz type 3 and 4 proximal humeral fractures in juvenile patients, according to study results. Read more

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	Black pigmentation of femoral head Orthopedics — December 2014 Alkaptonuric Ochronosis — by Mukand Lal, MBBS, MS; et al Alkaptonuria, with its sequel, ochronosis, is a rare disease, with an incidence of 1:125,000 to 1:1 million worldwide. Reported cases of ochronotic arthropathy and other orthopedic manifestations are mostly limited to a single family tree, and few cases have been reported. Read more

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	David M. Glaser Important lessons can be learned from recent physician-owned distributorship complaint David M. Glaser, JD  The government recently filed a False Claims Act case in California against several physicians who operated a physician-owned distributorship. Even if you would never consider anything related to a physician-owned distributorship, there are some important lessons to be gleaned from the complaint. Read more